I'm still trying to wrap my mind around replacing the first set of OEM brakes at 54,000. Both my Tacomas went well beyond 100K on the rear drums, and beyond 200K on the front discs.

Lots of down hill with the foot on the brake instead of downshifting?

I listened to Click and Clack, must have been over a decade ago, and a call from a guy with a new caddy that took it from Sacramento to Reno and back (over Donner) and arrived back home with worn out brakes. As Boston flatlanders, Click and Clack just couldn't figure out what could have happened. But ride your brakes down hill and heat them up good, and you can burn up a set in very few miles.


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