Driving Style, Tyre Wear, Pads and Discs.

[hawk20]

On various forums and threads I get the view that reasonably gentle drivers get about 18-28k miles from a set of pads on the S class and around 50k miles from the discs. Do others find this and what happens on E and C class cars (and other models of course!)?

On tyres, the S320cdi has huge torque (more than the 5 litre V8 petrol) and it is easy to do very fierce starts that reduce tyre wear a lot. I regret to say I only did 13,000 miles on the first set of rear tyres and only about 3,000 miles more on the front ones. I think I drive quite gently -well quite a lot of the time -but that does seem heavy tyre wear to me. The dealer says they use very grippy tyres and compounds to put all the power down on the road, but that these tyres wear less well. It would be nice to hear other owners experiences.

 

[blassberg]

new pads and discs at 16,300 miles.......

 

[television]

My SL500 now at 18k, I estimate another 2-3k before replacement brake pads.


Malcolm

 

[jberks]

all down to conditions.
Round town I've seen 9k from a set of tyres on my C and E. I've also seen 30k from tyres on my E when I was pounding the motorways. My rear tyres lasted 17k on motoway use, but that's on an E270 with a lot more torque than my previous E240. The fronts may have achived 30k on motorway use.
Brakes similar story and disks generally every 2nd set of pads.

 

[mioba]

i got 21K out of the rear tyres on the w220,

it also depends what tyres you have on, i am using sp9000, a soft compound apparently.

 

[television]

The wider the tyres,the faster they wear due to the scrubbing action. its also down to the rear end suspension, Jags were terrible.


Malcolm

 

[M6AJJ]

Just over 20,000 for a set of Tyres (Pirelli), about the same for front pads. Rear pads lasting longer, 26000 so far and still quite a bit of life left. Front discs about 40,000.

Interesting thread.

 

[maldon]

29000 on the ML now - front disks look a bit worn, stealers made a note that new pads / discs will be required before next service.

Will take the car to Mainlymercs in Colchester to have new pads and assess disk wear.

I 'm sure the tyres are not original, had the front and rear swapped as outer edge esp n/s were wearing - there is plenty of tread left on the e=centre and inner parts of the tyres.

Will be replacing with Michelin tyres from Costco when have to bite the bullet (unless can find a better price for other recommended tyres elsewhere.)

 

[television]

29000 on the ML now - front disks look a bit worn, stealers made a note that new pads / discs will be required before next service.

Will take the car to Mainlymercs in Colchester to have new pads and assess disk wear.

I 'm sure the tyres are not original, had the front and rear swapped as outer edge esp n/s were wearing - there is plenty of tread left on the e=centre and inner parts of the tyres.

Will be replacing with Michelin tyres from Costco when have to bite the bullet (unless can find a better price for other recommended tyres elsewhere.)

Your tyres could be under inflatated,that will cause the outer edges to wear first.

Malcolm

 

[Silver Arrow]

Didn't we go though this some time ago regarding hard/soft tyre compounds?

 

[mattsurf]

E280 Estate 30,052 miles on the fronts. The rears were part warn when I got the car, since then I have driven 19,939 miles on them and they are about 50% warn.

I had the front break pads changed 27,115 miles ago the rears were done before I bought the car 34,131 miles ago

The discs have remained unchanged for the past 34,131 miles, I do not know how long they have been on

 

[hawk20]

all down to conditions.
Round town I've seen 9k from a set of tyres on my C and E. I've also seen 30k from tyres on my E when I was pounding the motorways. My rear tyres lasted 17k on motoway use, but that's on an E270 with a lot more torque than my previous E240. The fronts may have achived 30k on motorway use.
Brakes similar story and disks generally every 2nd set of pads.

Yes that is what I was used to on E's. Lots of motorway travel and up to 30k miles on a set. Much more country roads and round town now.

Also Malcolm's point, these are wide tyres, which I hadn't realised wore more due to extra scrub action.

Blassberg is rocket propelled so his mileage is not bad for the pace he goes.

 

[OmniCognateNeutronRangler]

I should image the guy that drove into the back of my car this morning gets quite a lot of miles on his pads and disks as he obviously never uses them.

I have just had all 4 pads, and the front disks changed at 43k. I don't know before then as this is the first time they have been done since I've owned the car.

They claim the front pads were 85% warn at the last service and I've done about 10k miles since then.

 

[Rory]

Much more country roads and round town now.

Which setting do you use on the auto box? I would imagine that C (if you have C/S) would help a bit with wear from standing starts.

 

[angus falconer]

At a rough guess;

Disks 50k (unless warped through abuse....)
Pads 25k
Tyres 15k

 

[hawk20]

Which setting do you use on the auto box? I would imagine that C (if you have C/S) would help a bit with wear from standing starts.

That's a good point. I stay in S because I like the extra grunt that is on tap when wanted. But C would probably give more economy and less tyre wear. But I do love that occasional kick in the back. Daft really I suppose.

 

[television]

Using Distronic all the time and your brake pads would last for ever.

Malcolm

 

[turnipsock]

Another tyre wear factor...driving into corners to fast and using the tyres to scrub of speed.

 

[television]

Another tyre wear factor...driving into corners to fast and using the tyres to scrub of speed.

Good point,total waste of money , all that weight thrown on to one corner of the car. I see people charging around the little country roads covered in leaves,all wet giving no thought as to what they are driving on.
I can still remember the Michilin X tyres that where super,up to the point of no return.

Malcolm

 

[hawk20]

Using Distronic all the time and your brake pads would last for ever.

Malcolm

Yes but then you would never get the pleasure of driving. Isn't that the point of it all?