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		plasticchris 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dust from car brakes more harmful than exhaust, st... I’ve only had to change them one time on any car newer than 1990, after ~200k miles/10 years of use. For most people that qualifies as life of the vehicle, but there was plenty of life left.

Scoundreller 9 months ago [–]

The drum brakes or the rotors? Certainly not the disk brake pads!

plasticchris 9 months ago | [–]

Yeah, the pads lasted that long. It was a manual and I did engine break pretty often.

plasticchris 9 months ago | | [–]

* engine brake

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