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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 09:00:23 -0400
From: "Bob" <withheldnopsamam.com>
Subject: Re: Brakes - - 9-5


"Marc Escuro" <mgescuronopsam.com> wrote in message news:B7B4761A.EB8D%mgescuronopsam.com... > On 8/30/01 3:37 PM, in article 3B8EC028.FCE62A31nopsamia-esprezzo.com, > "danny" <dannynopsamia-esprezzo.com> wrote: > > > I don't understand this. Yes, the discs are supposed to wear a little with > > the > > pads, but no car of mine, Saab or otherwise, ahs eaten discs in less than 80k > > miles, and my current Saab has had it's first new discs in 128k miles. Unless > > they run out of true, the standard test is for disc thickness, or rather how > > much the disc has worn, by feeling for a ridge round the disc. It is possible > > for overheating brakes (usually binding) to blue the discs, and for slight > > cracks to appear, both of which would mean new discs. > > > Do you drive in a lot of stop and go traffic?? I mean today, I was suck > in 80 minutes of stop and go traffic on a commute that usually takes me 25 > minutes going 75mph. I do that 5 days a week. My previous car (Saturn SL2) > needed brake replacements at 30K miles... About 5-8K more than the 9-5 I've > got now. > Whereas 25K for new pads seems a bit extreme.... 128K miles for new > discs sounds way extreme in the other direction. :) > My truck has had the rotors replaced at least 4 times in the last 115,000 miles. I've calculated that the pads last about 20k miles. With all due respect, I'd be shocked if my Viggen's rotors made it past 20k miles. I do too much stop-and-go driving and I drive the windy roads too fast to expect any more mileage than that.

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