"Timothy J. Lee" wrote:
>
> In article <rVgBe.30047$4o.13555@fed1read06>,
> Peabody > wrote:
> >At the risk of being cynical, I view a lot of this as being
> >dealer revenue enhancement. You may disagree, but I think
> >that for a car like mine which averages less than 5000 miles
> >per year, following these guides literally would just mean
> >wasting a lot of money.
>
> However, low mileage is often severe service (e.g. city driving,
> short cold start trips).
>
> > > Brake pad wear very much depends on individual driver
> > > habits and where the car is driven.
> >
> >Perhaps, but pad wear clearly does not depend on time at
> >all. If the car sits idle for a month, the brake pads don't
> >wear down even a little bit during that period.
>
> However, if the low mileage car is a city car, it is likely to
> wear out its brake pads before a high milage highway car does.

Damn right.

I get 18-22 on OEM pads in NYC.

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