How many miles before you had to replace brakes, tires, battery, etc ...

[why?]

Originally Posted by STC

Good to know all these replacement times.

I sure hope I can get over 40,000 miles when it comes to tires? I have the Bridgestone Potenza factory tires. I hear they are pretty crappy...

you should change them as soon as you can stomach it, they are total and utter crap. the one thing they do seem to do better at than my current tire is gas mileage, and not by a lot, that lack of traction and helped them there. Mine lasted about 36k miles.

[Kal-El]

Dealer just checked my front brake pads last month @ 119,000 miles.

30% worn.



Unbelievable.

I commonly see people who have gone through 2 brake jobs by now, sadly to say that they are typically American cars. At this pace, I will be over 300K before my first brake job.

[STC]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

Dealer just checked my front brake pads last month @ 119,000 miles.

30% worn.



Unbelievable.

I commonly see people who have gone through 2 brake jobs by now, sadly to say that they are typically American cars. At this pace, I will be over 300K before my first brake job.

I would say that is very believable! When I had inspection with 20,000 miles, my mechanic said I have no visible signs of brake pad wear. He said, these brakes are brand new looking and should get you well over 100,000 mi before you need to change them! I guess hypermiling has its benefits

Cheers!

[STC]

Originally Posted by why?

you should change them as soon as you can stomach it, they are total and utter crap. the one thing they do seem to do better at than my current tire is gas mileage, and not by a lot, that lack of traction and helped them there. Mine lasted about 36k miles.

My tires are at 22,500 miles; psi at 42. They actually look good! I'm looking at keeping them for another 15-20 k. What tires are you using?

Cheers!