65,000 miles is looming and ....
05 January 2006, 11:05 PM
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65,000 miles is looming and ....
still the brakes will not squeal to say they need replacing!!! 
Now, I always have got many, many miles out of brake pads as I don't drive like an idiot ................ but, surely this is very unusual on an Impreza?
Don't get me wrong .... I'm in no hurry to spend my money!! But I am interested to hear if anyone else has got this kind of mileage out of the original (or any) brake pads??
Pete
Now, I always have got many, many miles out of brake pads as I don't drive like an idiot ................ but, surely this is very unusual on an Impreza?
Don't get me wrong .... I'm in no hurry to spend my money!! But I am interested to hear if anyone else has got this kind of mileage out of the original (or any) brake pads??
Pete
05 January 2006, 11:51 PM
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40 k and still plenty left in them,i drive quite sensibly as i dont like to get brake dust on my alloys
im sure ill get another 40 k from them
im sure ill get another 40 k from them
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06 January 2006, 12:50 AM
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I had a problem with my brakes today - From lack of use 
A few 60-0 stops got them back to their usual "average for a scoob" performance
I really should start driving like everyone else, and not bother reading the road ahead and ride the brakes at every opertunity
A few 60-0 stops got them back to their usual "average for a scoob" performance
I really should start driving like everyone else, and not bother reading the road ahead and ride the brakes at every opertunity
06 January 2006, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by kjdmk1
How long do your tyres last? .
Pete
06 January 2006, 01:00 PM
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Come on, don't be shy ............. there MUST be someone out there with pads and discs at more than 65,000miles!!
I'm not THAT good a driver (better than most though!), surely I don't stand alone as the guiding light on ScoobyNet with regards driving properly??
Pete
I'm not THAT good a driver (better than most though!), surely I don't stand alone as the guiding light on ScoobyNet with regards driving properly??
Pete
06 January 2006, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by dpb
Theyd would last forever if the car was used was once a week ....
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06 January 2006, 01:44 PM
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Come on, don't be shy ............. there MUST be someone out there with pads and discs at more than 65,000miles!!
I'm not THAT good a driver (better than most though!), surely I don't stand alone as the guiding light on ScoobyNet with regards driving properly??
Pete
I'm not THAT good a driver (better than most though!), surely I don't stand alone as the guiding light on ScoobyNet with regards driving properly??
Pete
These are on a real impreza though,Ya know,the chavy one with the pink badge's and gay gold alloy's
06 January 2006, 02:49 PM
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Arn,t these posts becoming irrelevant now Pete.
For someone who proclaims to be the best of the best, and an expert in his field, you really do present some howlers,
If you had presented that info to me as the results of your 65,00 mile review, i would send you off to do a little bit more work
if you want to make bold brash half cocked statements fine, feel free,
if you want a level headed discussion, then provide the rest of the pertinant facts,
ie.
average mileage, average speed, types of road, tyre pressures, occupancy of the car.
Does make me wonder if your the best of the best, why there are so many vacancys?? or are you showing your true colours??
Mart
For someone who proclaims to be the best of the best, and an expert in his field, you really do present some howlers,
If you had presented that info to me as the results of your 65,00 mile review, i would send you off to do a little bit more work
if you want to make bold brash half cocked statements fine, feel free,
if you want a level headed discussion, then provide the rest of the pertinant facts,
ie.
average mileage, average speed, types of road, tyre pressures, occupancy of the car.
Does make me wonder if your the best of the best, why there are so many vacancys?? or are you showing your true colours??
Mart
06 January 2006, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
Great news for your brake pads, Pete, but with all that engine braking, all the other parts of your car will be prematurely worn .
.Change the record please
06 January 2006, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by mart360
average mileage, average speed, types of road, tyre pressures, occupancy of the car.
Mart
Mart
Average Speed? About 25MPH over the average week
Types of road? Rural, no motorway
Tyre Pressures? 42 all round (I know this is high but gives the best life out of the tyres)
Occupancy? average over the week of 1.5 ... always a body in the drivers seat.
There we go ......
Pete
06 January 2006, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Graz
I like the way comments like this get ignored by PSL. Personally I'd far rather wear out a few sets of disks and pads, much cheaper to replace than engines / gearboxes.
What utter crap!!
Drive properly and you, too, will get 65,000miles+ out of your pads!!
Save yourself some money AND treat your car with respect - win/win!!
Pete
06 January 2006, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by wrxmania
42PSI????????????????????????
Eh? :O
Eh? :O
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06 January 2006, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by tath
I would love to find out that SNetters had been going round Pete's under cover of darkness armed with some spanners and new pads every 20k.
Could I ask them to swap the disc then, as its getting thin!
Pete
06 January 2006, 10:39 PM
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Many tyre manufacturers often have 42PSI listed on the sidewall as "DO NOT INFLATE BEYOND 42PSI".
This tyre pressure must wear the centres of the tyres more than the outside edges surely?
Good luck to you if it does not...
Brian
This tyre pressure must wear the centres of the tyres more than the outside edges surely?
Good luck to you if it does not...
Brian
06 January 2006, 10:43 PM
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[QUOTE=pslewis]Average Mileage?? What the hell does that mean?
would have thought that was very easy pete,
which puts all your other information back to irrelevant status.
D- must try harder
Mart
would have thought that was very easy pete,
which puts all your other information back to irrelevant status.
D- must try harder
Mart
06 January 2006, 10:44 PM
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i reckon i must be the odd one out here then.. i bought an impreza because its a quick car and i drive it what i would call properly.. if you have an impreza and drive it round like a grandad scared of wearin anything out then maybe you should sell and get somethin like a rover 75..
An impreza is a high performance car.. i don't see the point in such things as putting the tyre pressures up to prolong there life.. mine are set to get the most grip etc..
No offence intended by this but this is my personal view..
I would like to point out that this does not mean i abuse my car... it gets very regular servicing and if anything starts to get worn it is replaced straight away..
An impreza is a high performance car.. i don't see the point in such things as putting the tyre pressures up to prolong there life.. mine are set to get the most grip etc..
No offence intended by this but this is my personal view..
I would like to point out that this does not mean i abuse my car... it gets very regular servicing and if anything starts to get worn it is replaced straight away..
06 January 2006, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by wrxmania
This tyre pressure must wear the centres of the tyres more than the outside edges surely?
42 or thereabouts - maybe 40 - wears the tyres much more evenly and makes them last longer.
I can't believe that I am the only one to realise this???
Pete
06 January 2006, 10:47 PM
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[QUOTE=mart360]
OK, fukcwit, who couldn't live with the best Engineers ........ what EXACTLY did you mean by average mileage??
Pete
Originally Posted by pslewis
Average Mileage?? What the hell does that mean?
would have thought that was very easy pete,
which puts all your other information back to irrelevant status.
D- must try harder
Mart
would have thought that was very easy pete,
which puts all your other information back to irrelevant status.
D- must try harder
Mart
Pete