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    Re European cars having softer brake disc pads: Our 2005 Golf diesel manual is about to clock up 130,000km of mostly urban driving and is still on its original brake pads. We won't get 182,000km, as one reader did in his Honda Civic, but I'm not complaining. Disc pad hardness aside, how you drive the vehicle goes a long way to determining how long the pads will last and a manual vehicle should give better pad wear.

    Answered by CarsGuide
    12 October 2014
    Paul Gover

    Softer brake materials are coming to all cars, which is why Bendix developed its Euro+ pads. You're right about driving style having a huge influence on brake wear.

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