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Old 11-08-2005, 07:22 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DEI37
I have a hard time believing a VW with factory pads at 125,000+ miles. Most are gone in under 50k. VW uses a soft rotor and a relatively aggressive pad compound, and while it makes for good stopping, they don't last long. Unless you've had that car since new, I'd bet that the pads have been replaced somewhere along the lines, and even to get 60k out of them is VERY impressive.

Me, I'm usually good for 35k miles on my Oldsmobile.


I bought the car with 16k miles on it and have had it ever since. The pads still had the original Audi/VW markings on them (since Audi and VW share many parts). I am quite certain they were the originals.
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