I just had the brake pads on my LS 430 replaced at 35000 miles. I am very easy on the brakes and cannot remember ever having replaced them before about 70000 miles. Has anyone else had a similar experience?

 

I'd almost give my right arm to get 35K out of pads...on ANY car.

 

i kill brakes every 10k probably.. maybe 20k

 

I figure I'm about a 8-11 or 12K miles on break pads based on how I drive! Anywho, break pads are cheap.....its the rotors!

 

177,000 miles on my Infiniti's original pads before I traded it in.
20,000 on my current LS400 pads, and have not made a dent in them. MB brakes are terrible for brake dust, I am waiting for them to wear so I can replace them with some nice pads that don't dust so much, it has 85,000 on its pads

 

Don't even THINK about using ANYTHING BUT genuine OEM pads on a Mercedes. You'll be buying rotors up the wazzoo. You'll be sorry.

 

Oh, and worse than non-OEM brake pads is DUST COVERS. NEVER, EVER EVER use those. I learned the hard way. Causes your entire braking system to heat up and get clogged with dust. Pad life gets cut in half, too.

 

raybestos ceramic quiet stop pads are the best... just like OEM