XPost: ca.driving, alt.home.repair   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 31/7/20 10:38 am, Arlen Holder wrote:   
   > On 30 Jul 2020 23:03:32 -0000, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >   
   >> Teenagers can go through a set of brake pads in ten miles on the track.   
   >> assuming they make it ten miles before the clutch wears out.   
   >   
   > This is a college-aged girl who probably has never left skid marks on the   
   > road even once, as I've seen her drive - and it's verrrrrry sloooooow.   
   >   
   > Nonetheless, without an actual miles per millimeter of pad, it's not   
   > helpful to tell me everyone is different, and every car is different, and   
   > every road is different, as everyone knows that and so it isn't useful.   
   >   
   > It's like claiming there is no such thing as a statistical average.   
   > o There is a statistical average - but it takes data to arrive at it.   
   >   
   > All I'm asking for is the data in miles per pad (or miles per millimeter).   
   >   
   > I'm leaning toward 1000 miles per millimeter for those who brake hard, and   
   > double to quadruple that (see The Real Bev's response) for normal driving.   
   >   
   > All I want is number of miles per pad, where I can do the math (assuming 10   
   > mm of pad is worn away in that time period, leaving 2mm of pad on average).   
   >   
   > So far we have only two suitable responses:   
   > 1. I get 1,000 miles per millimeter of FF pads (Jurid/Textar)   
   > 2. The Real Bev gets about 4,000 miles per millimeter of pad   
   >   
   > How many miles per front pad do others get?   
   >   
   I'm up to 100,000 kilometres on my Toyota front pads and I expect many more.   
      
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