I drive an 83 300SD. My brake pad indicator light started to flash off and on at 9,500. I finally got around to changing them at 10,400. All four pads were worn evenly; outer left and right pads were triggering the indicator, inner pads were both worn right to the outer plastic of the brake pad sensor. I put in Textar "yellow box" this time to see if I can get more life from the European stock pads. I put in the Pagid (American stock) pads in July; every eight months is a pretty short life span for brake pads, don't you agree? Not a difficult job, but a bit of a pain in the a--. The Textars seem to be smoother in transition from stop to slow go (full brake depression to slow brake release). The Pagids always groaned a little bit at slow release (parking lot driving). So, what has everyone been getting from there brake pads?