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Thanks to all that replied and clarified the issue, does anyone have any recommendations for a worthwhile upgrade for the brakes, pads and discs?

Hi, I have a mkiii Superb 272 4x4 just over two years old and just over 20K miles, the rear pads are quite worn and look as though they'll need replacing soon, the question I have concerns the cruise control. If I set the cruise control to limit my speed when going downhill will it drag just the rear brakes to regulate the speed or does it apply front and rear at the same time, I ask this as it seems strange to me that the rears appear to be wearing faster than the fronts when with weight transference under braking the fronts should be taking more of of the load and wearing faster. I live in a fairly hilly area and am wondering if I would be better off putting the gearbox into manual and selecting a low gear to take advantage of engine braking. Cheers, Jim.