You're going to be disappointed! They're to the point where I feel comfortable I'll get 3000 more miles out of them. I'm going to keep checking every 1000 miles, but my car was built in Feb of 2001 so after 17 years I don't think I need to try a stretch them out to 18 years and beyond. However it might be fun to just roll with them until I hear the first sign of metal on metal. Kind of like pushing the gas gauge as long as you can before filling up. I used to commute 40000 miles a year to work through the mountains in the Sierra's with an Outback Sport and I believe I changed brakes at 60 and 120k, and the rears at 120k. Even though it was mountains the only hard braking was when deer, bears, and the occational farm animals would cross my path. Now I live where deer, raccoons, and the rare coyote cross my path. Oh, I should mention bad drivers. We live at 1 hour from any speed limit over 55 and I'm shocked at the number of accidents and deaths here from inattentive drivers and single car crashes. On second thought I think I'll do the brakes now and not push my luck.
That's pretty much my plan. If I don't do that then I'm tempted to buy used 4 pot 2 pots from a local who just switched to Brembos on his '07. He wants $500 for all 4 and they actually look really good and have 75k on them. I don't need them, but the price is reasonable, I'm not on a budget, so why not. I'll decide soon, but first I have leaky valve cover gaskets to replace next week.
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