That's why I say the choice of pads (and tyres) depends much more on your driving style than price.wspohn wrote: ↑Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:28 pmThe reason I went for Red rather than Yellow were reviews like this:
https://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthr ... ?t=1189244
If a 1700kg e34 M5 (that came with no DSC) or a 1500kg Z4MC can make a set of front pads last 10,000 miles and 3 track days (double that for the rears), then I can't see why a lighter, better balanced car should wear them out faster.
I find it strange that his front & rear pads wore out at the same rate, so maybe a 'last of the late brakers' style of driver who likes having his face torn off every time he braks, keeps his foot on the brakes until the very last minute, relies heavily on DSC to keep him out of trouble (DSC will eat pads if left on on track) and ends up overheating his pads. Or maybe he's simply doing more short, stop-start trips than me - as I'd average about 1800 motorway miles between trackdays, so time for discs & pads & tyres to get cleaned up.
Maybe I'm just riving slower in my middle age
I'm going to have to go through another set of pad trials now that I've got Porsche Brembo calipers on front & back - currently running Orangestuff, but want to try some of the newer Pagid Endurance pads (RSL1) or Performance Friction .11 pads - until I realised that the pads for the Porsche calipers are twice the price of the standard pads
Pity the Z4 has been retired from daily duties as I can't compare it like-for-like to how it used to be used. Maybe I'll try RS29s on the Alfa Diesel
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Yellowstuff are dusty...much more than the Bluestuff or Orangestuff...but I wouldn't recommend the Blue/Orange for a weekend car for normal-with-a-bit-of-fast road use.