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1. brake bias (score: 1): Author: Greg Umbay <greg_umbay@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 08:52:09 -0700 (PDT); --0-1681692777-969897129=:9286 I am a bit confused. I just recieved my A4 Avant back from it's 15K service and the rear brake pads were down to 50% and the front pads were at 70% remaining. I thought; /html/ba-autox/2000-09/msg00320.html (8,900 bytes)
2. Re: brake bias (score: 1): Author: James Creasy <black94pgt@pacbell.net>; Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 09:02:26 -0700; is that what you saw, or what they told you? ive been told all sorts of weird things about my brake pads at service places. but usually the rear pads basically never wear out in my experience. -James; /html/ba-autox/2000-09/msg00321.html (9,678 bytes)
3. Re: brake bias (score: 1): Author: Kenneth Allan Mitchell <nokones@ix.netcom.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 09:25:06 -0700; Yes, the fronts usually do work harder than the rears and that is why the front calipers are larger than the rears on most cars. The rear wearing more than the front is not unusal on some cars. The C; /html/ba-autox/2000-09/msg00322.html (10,605 bytes)
4. Re: brake bias (score: 1): Author: Kit Wetzler <kitwetzler@mindspring.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 10:18:07 -0700; Maybe she has been doing a few rally style e-brake slides? :) German cars often use the rear brakes quite a bit. I know that my old Nissan NX2000 still had it's stock pads with over half the life re; /html/ba-autox/2000-09/msg00326.html (8,050 bytes)
5. Re: brake bias (score: 1): Author: "Steven J. Sherwood" <ssher@home.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 21:10:04 -0700; Well, I guess I should comment..seeing as I have an S4 now... and had an A4 for 50,000 miles. According to my sources and my experience, about 80% of Audi A4 braking is being done by the front brakes; /html/ba-autox/2000-09/msg00355.html (9,744 bytes)
6. Re: brake bias (score: 1): Author: Geoff Mohler <gemohler@www.speedtoys.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 21:23:10 -0700 (PDT); Being unfamiliar with the car..is it RWD and incorporate traction control? -- --; /html/ba-autox/2000-09/msg00356.html (10,503 bytes)
7. Re: brake bias (score: 1): Author: "Steven J. Sherwood" <ssher@home.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 21:48:16 -0700; It is AWD...quattro drivetrain. The ESP (electronic stability program) program didn't come out until 2001 model year. Steve; /html/ba-autox/2000-09/msg00357.html (10,873 bytes)
8. Re: brake bias (score: 1): Author: "Allendorfer, Mike" <mwa96imp@regionofdoom.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:06:57 -0700; I had an 87 Nissan Maxima ("the 4dr sports car") and the rears wore out 3 times in 140K while the fronts were not half gone by the time #1 son wiped out the car. Mike Allendorfer 96 Impala (the taxi; /html/ba-autox/2000-09/msg00358.html (11,622 bytes)
9. Re: brake bias (score: 1): Author: "Allendorfer, Mike" <mwa96imp@regionofdoom.com>; Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:26:13 -0700; Here's my take on the situation. The emergency brake is probably on the rear wheels (Credit SAAB for front wheel emergency brakes that actually could stop the car). I've found that when the automaker; /html/ba-autox/2000-09/msg00359.html (12,458 bytes)
10. Re: brake bias (score: 1): Author: William Davis <davisw@hermes.ssd.loral.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 15:10:19 -0700; you may indeed be wearing through the rears quicker, but to extrapolate on what someone else said, that percentage number should be taken with a grain of salt! I've asked a service technician how hi; /html/ba-autox/2000-09/msg00363.html (10,564 bytes)

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