What's the most you've gotten out of a set of front brake pads on your W123? Just before I parked my 300D, I noticed that the brake wear sensor light was coming on when braking. I thought to myself that it couldn't be that pads were worn out so fast. I had only put about 17K miles on them. So I pulled the calipers off and found it out it was true. They were Texstars (SP?). I looked back on the previous service records from the first owner and they were getting about 20K to 25K on their pads. I'm used to getting around 60K out of a set of pads but that's on a different make of vehicle. I swapped the pads and rotors out of my 230CE to the 300D and got new pads for the 230 wth the 300D's relathed rotors. I also got a set of ATE pads to see if they'll make a difference. I imagine the pads will last longer on the 230 since it has less weight on the front axles so I won't have a true comparison.
Which pads are best?

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84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012