After 27K miles my VRS TSI has lit up the check brake wear indicator. Upon inspection it appears that my front pads are down to ~4mm, but all discs and rear pads are fine.

 

Just wondering how long everyone else with VRS 340mm brakes gets out of their discs and pads?

 

 

Edited 19 September, 20178 yr by Orville

At the point of selling my pre-FL MK3 TSI in April, it had 39k miles (14 plate) and still had plenty meat on both pads and discs. 

He's hard on cars Scott, have you seen what he does to clutches? 

 

Only kidding !!!!

My vRS has done over 80k km and is still on the first set of pads & discs.

Havent really checked the pads but the discs still look like new with only a tiny lip.

However, 75% of my driving is on the motorway....

I'm just short of 50k miles not lights as yet but I'm going to check mine this evening now!

30k on a 63 for me and no signs of the wear indicator yet. My mileage is mostly motorway during the week though.

Must just be me and all of the Nurburgring events then. Just kidding, almost all of my miles are around town in start stop-stop traffic so I guess the brakes get used more than everage. My previous 3-Series only lasted 30k before needing new front pads, so seems normal for my driving type.  I also carry a lot of weight in the car (big kids). Discs and rear pads are in good shape and front pads are cheap, so no real issue.

Edited 19 September, 20178 yr by Orville

Unfortunately my 2016 vrs tdi 4x4(not sure if same disc size) has just brought the low pad light on after 16.5k miles.

 

Sounds bad but have just returned from a nurburgring track day.

20,000 miles and I changed both discs and pads on the front 

43k with front pads and discs needing replacement in next 6 months. Pads 80% and discs building lip.

 

Rear fine.

There's no right answer. Unless everybody has the same driving routes, speeds, braking points etc, the wear rates will vary wildly. 20000 in urban semi-urban will be much worse than mainly motorway miles. 

17 hours ago, Redboy said:

There's no right answer. Unless everybody has the same driving routes, speeds, braking points etc, the wear rates will vary wildly. 20000 in urban semi-urban will be much worse than mainly motorway miles. 

Also,if it’s dsg, the pads will wear faster than a manual.

Edited 12 July, 20196 yr by classic

VRS TSI DSG.

 

Front & rear changed at about 72k kms. Mostly motorway driving. Front discs had lipping but it was the pads all around that were going.

I am on 107k, still on original 340's.. I can't quite believe it myself!!

Had my front calipers, disks & pads replaced under warranty at 4-1/2k miles, I have since replaced discs & pads all round at 19-1/2k.

 

But, I can push the car a bit hard when the opportunity arises