Brake Pad Longevity - 10K miles?!

[Serbaped0]

Folks -

I have a WBRE with 10K miles on it. Never tracked, no stop and go traffic, minimal hard braking in curves or otherwise. At the dealer today they told me I need new brakes to the tune of $6,700! I've had Brembo brakes on several cars before and acheived at least 30-50k miles. At the dealer they cited that brake pads are a wear item, which I get. She said "driving habits" at least 6 times. Thing is, I have many high performance cars and my "driving habits" don't result in this type of wear. Is this just a suck it up buttercup kinda thing and expect to pony up this cash every 10k miles?

 

[2ndgen]

Dealers lie. Measure the pads and rotors yourself.
Highly unlikely you need either pads or rotors at a mere 10k miles.
Pads should last 20-25k or more miles, rotors nearly double--unless you're tracking.

Also the fact that they quoted you $6700 for it... that's more than outrageous, that's double what others have posted for dealer quotes--which is already way too high.

 

[MikeD1]

Sounds like BS to me, I'd go to a different shop/dealer ! I have 13k on mine and they are about at the 1/2 way point. Unless you beat the crap out of the car all the time, I can't imagine them being done in at 10k.

 

[fubar569]

Narrow body charger here.

41k miles on original pads and 2pc rotors. With coming up on over 5k miles of Drag & Drive towing a 1300lb trailer with it. I've probably got over 50 passes as well on them.

 

[16GoManGoHC2]

2016, 23k on mine, original pads with 50%+ life still on them and I have done literally hundreds of 60-130 runs and 1/4 mile passes.

 

[1971demon]

Folks -

I have a WBRE with 10K miles on it. Never tracked, no stop and go traffic, minimal hard braking in curves or otherwise. At the dealer today they told me I need new brakes to the tune of $6,700! I've had Brembo brakes on several cars before and acheived at least 30-50k miles. At the dealer they cited that brake pads are a wear item, which I get. She said "driving habits" at least 6 times. Thing is, I have many high performance cars and my "driving habits" don't result in this type of wear. Is this just a suck it up buttercup kinda thing and expect to pony up this cash every 10k miles?

No way you need brakes @ 10,000 miles..(even with spirited driving)...and the price they quoted you...obscene...get that car outta there NOW