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G-Benz · #5 10-26-2005, 03:45 PM

I'll answer the question that really is quite subjective...for a typical daily driver, you have about three more months of usable pad life left before metal and rotor shall meet! You translate that however you want in terms of mileage.

I generally replaced my pads within a month of getting the first "blink" out of the pad wear indicator.

However, this past summer, I knew I was going to do a full-circle brake job, so I let the light illuminate the cockpit for nearly FOUR months before I finally pulled the wheels. There was still enough meat left on the pads for another month when I replaced them!

My daily driving involves a hybrid of city/highway miles totalling 50 or so per day, 5 days a week. My ML cruises the streets on weekends...