A typical American sedan will go 70,000 miles+ before needing its first brake job...
A friend's Ford Exploder manages to get 12-20kmi out of a set of brakes. Automatic transmission, of course. I was appalled. I got 150kmi out of the factory brakes on my Camaro, with a stick shift. I'd guess I'd get the same out of nearly any stickshift car with halfway decent brakes. -- Jim
