Hmm. Well that kinda sucks.

I got 23K miles to my last set of pads, I dont think that's bad. As to the salt, the car has no rust. I was driving in north jersey the night before where they got about 12" of snow, the car was -thoroughly- washed the next day.

I considering selling it but for $3500 it's just not worth it.

Just getting a little tired of diesels, I've driven this car for about 52K miles, plus my 300D for about 35K miles. I've driven diesels far more than I've driven gas cars in my life.