Just had two new tyres fitted, and thought while the wheels are off I'll have a look at the brake pads.

I've not run a car myself for years, cause I have a bike and two legs. But now I've had swmbo car at my disposal, for the last couple of years, I have to cough up now and again.

Now I was expecting the pads to be nearing the end of their life, nearly 30k on the clock, but to my surprise they look about half worn. It's not like I'm light footed when using the brakes. Does this reflect on my style of driving or are brake pads that thick to start with?

What do most folk get mileage wise out of a set of brake pads?

Wife needed hers changing at 30k so seems about right!

My old Vectra estate was sold at 45k with only the rear pads having been changed (and then only because a calliper had been binding and worn one of the pads), I would say that the front pads still had almost 50% left on them.

The job cars last between 6-12k out of a set of pads. 12-18k for a set of disks on average.

just noticed that the Octavia doesn't come with a Brakepad sensor for wear