Braking
SkyMan 07 said:
that is also why the front brake rotors and pads are very much LARGER than the rears....
I wash mine at least once a week, maybe that is why I never notice any, or maybe cause I never use the brakes much..... too busy driving to stop...:thumbs:
When the day comes (hopefully sooner than later) that I can order a Sky - I will get the manual tranny - and I have noticed that my brakes tend to last far longer than for example the brakes on an automatic that my wife drove for a few years.
On my 96 Civic Manual, I replaced the front brake pads at about 70,000 or so and then had the front pads and rotors changed at about 140,000 and the rear shoes at 140,000. (although my wife was driving it the last 20,000 or so).
On her 2000 Civic Automatic, the front brakes were nearly gone before 30,000.
On my 04 Civic Manual, I am at 30,000 miles and not sure how much the brakes have worn but very little dust problem. I tend to not use the brakes a lot and not use them very hard when I do. I try to drive with enough of a gap between me and the car ahead for example so that when the guy ahead slows or brakes I can either lay off the gas, coast in neutral, or downshift to slow enough to not use the brakes - and I am familiar enough with most of the local traffic lights that I can adjust my speed a bit up or down and not have to stop. Before I worked at home - I picked a route home from the office where the freeway exit has only a yield sign - and by simply using nuetral far enough back on the freeway I could go from 65 or so on the highway down to 35 or so at the end of the exit without using the brakes and only sometimes downshifting in order to avoid traffic - and then had all the lights timed that the next couple of miles or so to my house could be covered on some days without using the brakes at all until the stop sign about 5 houses down the street. (helps gas mileage too - compared to an automatic where folks i know either have their foot on the gas or on the brake)
