Xantia brake pad life

davewithington · Post by **davewithington** » 09 Nov 2010, 19:55

Renewed th rear pads on my 93 VSX 1.9 TD this last weekend, just before the MOT (which it passed, of course), and I was surprised to find the old pads were genuine pads.

Could these be the originals, at 112,000 miles, do you think?

What's the most anyone's got from pads?

Deanxm · Post by **Deanxm** » 09 Nov 2010, 20:08

If you dont carry any weight in the back they will last a long time, i put new ones on the xm about 5 years an 25k ago and they are still as new.
The rear discs only get hot if there is people and luggage in the back.

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Post by **RichardW** » 09 Nov 2010, 20:12

I'm pretty sure mine is on original rear pads at 108k - they haven't been changed since I've had it (60k) and I can't see them having been changed before that. I must do the job some time, as they are distinctly wedge shaped, and the calipers are touching the discs....

Old-Guy · Post by **Old-Guy** » 11 Nov 2010, 18:20

I'm glad to say that mine appear to be the originals (at 101K) and still look less than 2/3 worn. In anticipation of having to change them sometime, everytime I get under the back of the car, I give all the fasteners a good soak of WD40 (being careful of where the over-spray will go).

I suspect that like many estates, while ours does carry big heavy loads from time to time, a lot of miles is just the two of us sometimes with week-end luggage. It seems to have led a very pampered life with the first owner: 6-7k per year, and when I bought her at 67K, needed a 1,000 miles of hard driving to bed the rings in and get the oil consumption down to something sensible (nothing between 3k changes).

Chris570 · Post by **Chris570** » 12 Nov 2010, 07:48

Old-Guy wrote: I suspect that like many estates, while ours does carry big heavy loads from time to time, a lot of miles is just the two of us sometimes with week-end luggage. It seems to have led a very pampered life with the first owner: 6-7k per year, and when I bought her at 67K, needed a 1,000 miles of hard driving to bed the rings in and get the oil consumption down to something sensible (nothing between 3k changes).

my estate sees very light use90% of the time but the sometimes i do use it to shift engines about and to tow, just enough to keep it all ticking over happily