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[BazaJT]

A mate of mine who's a "technician" told me that today he'd had to replace the front discs and pads on a 15 plate[new shape]C1,which to me sounds poor on age,but the car had only covered 9,600mls.Is it just me or would anyone else be appalled at such low mileage from these parts?

[Doctor Gollum]

Depends how abused they have been... But might also be indicative of a problem somewhere

[citroenguy]

Sounds strange.. And i work on Citroëns daily atm.

[Viral_Jim]

I'd agree, it depends on how it's been treated. I'm sure I could chew through a set in less than 10k if incentivised to do so.

[biggriffin]

Maybe a certain admin, had it as a loan car, while the jaaaag, wash being washed

[TheBoy]

Maybe a certain admin, had it as a loan car, while the jaaaag, wash being washed

OI!



I used to get about 5k from Omega front pads (changed at 50% worn, else they start to fade when abused), and discs last about 2yrs (usually due to the inside outer edge corroding).  I'd class that reasonably heavy usage.

So 9k on a 2yr old C1 I would say is going some. Not impossible, but certainly trying hard. Or some brake binding going on.

[TD]

Maybe a certain admin, had it as a loan car, while the jaaaag, wash being washed

OI!



I used to get about 5k from Omega front pads (changed at 50% worn, else they start to fade when abused), and discs last about 2yrs (usually due to the inside outer edge corroding).  I'd class that reasonably heavy usage.

So 9k on a 2yr old C1 I would say is going some. Not impossible, but certainly trying hard. Or some brake binding going on.

Surely that's gonna happen with any disc where the pad doesn't touch it.....My reason for changing discs is the 'lip' on the more than likely rusty part of disc is beginning to become quite considerable...

[TheBoy]

Maybe a certain admin, had it as a loan car, while the jaaaag, wash being washed

OI!



I used to get about 5k from Omega front pads (changed at 50% worn, else they start to fade when abused), and discs last about 2yrs (usually due to the inside outer edge corroding).  I'd class that reasonably heavy usage.

So 9k on a 2yr old C1 I would say is going some. Not impossible, but certainly trying hard. Or some brake binding going on.

Surely that's gonna happen with any disc where the pad doesn't touch it.....My reason for changing discs is the 'lip' on the more than likely rusty part of disc is beginning to become quite considerable...

Omega discs corrode on the contact area due to the design and the lack of coating on the non contact area.  Look at any Omega with discs more than a year or so old, you'll see the inboard face's outer edge corroding 

[Andy H]

My guess is that the car was exposed to salt water or spray and then left parked in a field for a while..........

[grifter]

A mate of mine who's a "technician" told me that today he'd had to replace the front discs and pads on a 15 plate[new shape]C1,which to me sounds poor on age,but the car had only covered 9,600mls.Is it just me or would anyone else be appalled at such low mileage from these parts?

Remember I used to work in a garage and we done Sierra taxis, we would change pads sometimes every 2 weeks, discs sometimes monthly. I also remember we used to replace a clutch on a old dear's fiesta about 3 times a year as she was pulling up a really steep drive and blind exit to get out of her drive, reckon she must have been using about 6k revs to get up and out the exit add on to that the blue rinse brigade's penchant for hyper revs to go almost anywhere and you got a burnt out clutch 

[Sir Tigger KC]

When I bought my BMW last year on 115,000 miles it had some brake judder, which I finally got round to sorting with new front discs and pads on Saturday. 

Looking through the paperwork, it last had discs and pads in 2013 when it had 110,000 miles on the clock! 

[Nick W]

Omega discs corrode on the contact area due to the design and the lack of coating on the non contact area.  Look at any Omega with discs more than a year or so old, you'll see the inboard face's outer edge corroding 

My experience is that is true of anything that uses a sliding caliper, from a '60s 1100 via modern cars(about the last 35 years) to things like the Canter I used to do 50k miles a year. Couple that with asbestos free pads that are so hard they wear out discs every other pad change(for most people anyway) and you just have to accept that brakes discs are far more consumable than they used to be.