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Old 07-11-2008, 11:00 AM
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Default What's the average life of the front brakes?
I'm at 103k and still going strong. no noise, no warning lights on the dash.

I bought my A6 w/ 37k on it, and I doubt that the PO had r/r the brakes at that low a mileage.
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went through front pads at 23K, rears 35K.......
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i have replaced front after about 50k and rear 60k (i'm really easy on brakes)
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Default I r/r the rears at 62k... and am an agressive-type driver.
I don't rally the car, however do push it. I'm happily surprized at the long-life of these brakes.

that having been said, they'll probally begin to fail sometime next week!
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if there's no issues than you're golden....i go through at least one set a year....8^)
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drive faster, brake later, and tailgate...that will solve that problem

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Default Pad life is a function of both driving habits and hydraulic system maintaince. If calipers are all..
sludged up and guide pins are dry, pads will wear fast without a heavy foot. I regularly achieve >100K on the fronts and >150K on the rears.
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Longer than rears, which you'll know are gone by the metal-on-metal scraping...
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Not true, on a well maintained hydraulic brake system! But passive wear sensors are great!
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Default About the same as the average piece of string!
Driving habits and style can mean anything between 10k and 100k.
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