Every car I've owned has needed new pads and discs (front) at least every 25-30k.

So far I've done 43k and I'm still running the original pads and discs. There is still loads left on the pads as well. Just had an MOT and it passed with flying colours.

Does anyone else have magical brakes?

I would guess that for normal driving the reasonably large brakes on the vRS would wear more slowly.

It also depends on how you drive and anticipate the road, mine still perfect, my Tipo when I sold it had done 78,000 miles and still ok

Glad it's not just me - my previous cars have generally needed pads at 20k and discs at 60k. Then again, theyve mainly been French

I bought my VRS (56) on 10k which were probably fairly sedate miles. It's now done 60k and I'm not the slowest driver out there, but the original discs and pads are still going strong.

It's one of the things I'm really impressed with on the car, but also something I've been dreading as I assume (given how long they last) that theyre a lot more expensive to replace. As I'm now trading the car in the next week or so, this will probably be the first car I've not had to put brakes on during my entire ownership (I can't remover but suspect that even the 206 I only had for 18 months had new pads at some point before I sold it.......)

Discs and pads all round replaced this week on mine, 2010 vRS with 71k miles.

SWMBO's mini needed them at 30k miles, must be made of chocolate.

Renault Scenic I had required front pads at 18k and discs and pads all round at 36k.

Hyundai Santa Fe required front pads at 60k and rears at 80k (tyres lasted 70k)

Octy Scout has now done 76k with no sign of breaks needing to be touched.

My mates polo gt lasted over 100k on original pads and discs!

All depends how much you brake!

Not just how much but also how hard?

My 1999 Volvo v70 also did over 100k on original brakes.

Sarge.

Mine has 46K and still going.

Wifes car, Megane 1.9DCI has 165K, still same disks and on it´s 3th front pads. The rear are still the same (no disks at the rear)

I had a Octy Mk1 1999. Still on original discs when traded in at 95k. Pads changed at 50k. My wifes Fabia 1.2 needed pads and discs at 25k.

Andy

Not a octavia I know but my fabia's 312 discs and pads lasted 80k and that was with a few track days and 5 laps on the ring. Far better than my old saxo that ate a set within 24k! (also ate tyres ever 10-12k)

I would say the Octavia @ 22k has about 40% wear to the pads

Funny my friends Audi A2 every 25K was pads and disks, bent.

Changed at dealer, after last change instead of dealer we took the disks out had them rectified and got the cheapest pads for it on the market, 50K still going.

Funny my friends Audi A2 every 25K was pads and disks, bent.

Changed at dealer, after last change instead of dealer we took the disks out had them rectified and got the cheapest pads for it on the market, 50K still going.

Had a garage try that on with me. Said the discs and pads was badly worn and needed changing. I said "they have only done 10k" which he replied "its the new brakes they wear quicker".

Shame pads and discs cover another 70k before needing to be changed.

Moral of the story inspect yourself and never trust a garage.

I got about 120,000kms out of a set of Mintex pads. And I have only put my second set of replacement discs on in nearly 500,000kms.

Had a garage try that on with me. Said the discs and pads was badly worn and needed changing. Moral of the story inspect yourself and never trust a garage.

A lot of garages are doing this, quite shamefacedly in many cases.

Sold my last mk2 Octavia with original pads and discs on 70,000 miles. Contrast that with my Megane 2 that needed new discs at 20k. At least Renault customer service saw that that wasn't reasonable and stood the cost themseleves.

The original pads from new in mine didn't last very long. Changed at 25K. Still on 2nd set at 52K and barely half worn.

Rear pads seem to ware as fast as front on Octavia ll.

I did 99K miles in my MK2 Octy PD140 estate and it still had the original discs and pads fitted when I sold the car.

I had an Ibiza FR for 2 years and put 60K on the clock. Didn't need pads once, however I was predominantly driving on motorways.

I think the last service (going from memory, this was 4 years ago) they said the pads still had something like 65% wear left on them!

Now, the big black rubber things on the front on the other hand... I'd be lucky to get 14K out of a pair of front tyres. I like torque.

I had a brand new Vauxhall Insignia a few years ago and I had to have the rear brake pads and disks changed at 11k miles. Fortunately done under warranty as they made the pads out of incorrect material apparently!! Back to Octy's my Mk 1 PD sold at 48k miles, still on original front and rear brakes and even original rear tyres. I did love that car

It also depends on how you drive and anticipate the road, mine still perfect, my Tipo when I sold it had done 78,000 miles and still ok

So YOU'RE the guy that bought a Tipo?

I had 3 ! a 1.4 a 1.6 DGT a 1.9TD ,that was the fastest TD at the time, never had a problem apart from thermostat on the last one , which was cheap as chips to fix my self

And I bought a new Brava after that, they had just been launched, good cars cr@p dealers

last set of pads and discs i fitted lasted a massive 9k miles! discs down to the bone but pads in fine condition....

that was on my alfa gta fitted with carbone lorraine 5's - lesson learnt - if you want superb brakes you have to pay for it somewhere!

knacked the alloys with metal shards as well!