Posted by Was Istoben on November 28, 2008, 6:33 pm
> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" ...
>> "Lu R" :
>>
>>> My 2004 Prius has just gone in for a 60,000 km service (38,000 miles).
>>> Told
>>> the front discs and pads need replacing by the Toyota dealer as they
>>> cant be
>>> reshaved. Seems too short a time to have to replace the discs. My last
>>> car a
>>> Ford Falcon wagon 92 model did about 150,000 km before it needed disc
>>> reshaving. Anyone else have this dilemma?
>>
>> Get a second opinion.
> I second the second opinion. It should not be this way so soon. If this
> is so you would feel it in the pedal when breaking gets down to less than
> 5 MPH or so - it would be grinding that you would feel in your foot via
> the hydraulics.
> Either this dealer is trying to scam you or the previous driver was a
> braking nut. Makes me wonder what else was treated roughly on this car.
> Tomes
Possibly it was all of the above plus an odometer hack. 38K on a 2004?
That comes to 7.6K/year, probably less than half the typical mileage for
this vintage.
Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on November 28, 2008, 6:42 pm
> > Either this dealer is trying to scam you or the previous driver was a
> > braking nut. Makes me wonder what else was treated roughly on this car.
> > Tomes
> Possibly it was all of the above plus an odometer hack. 38K on a 2004?
> That comes to 7.6K/year, probably less than half the typical mileage for
> this vintage.
My sister-in-law has my aunt's 87 Civic. When my aunt gave it up 6
years ago, it had 6000 miles on it. It now has under 20,000 miles on it.
My mother bought, new, an 06 Scion xB. My father now drives it; it has
6000 miles on it.
This is not at all unusual.
Posted by Was Istoben on November 28, 2008, 7:47 pm
>> > Either this dealer is trying to scam you or the previous driver was a
>> > braking nut. Makes me wonder what else was treated roughly on this
>> > car.
>> > Tomes
>> Possibly it was all of the above plus an odometer hack. 38K on a 2004?
>> That comes to 7.6K/year, probably less than half the typical mileage for
>> this vintage.
> My sister-in-law has my aunt's 87 Civic. When my aunt gave it up 6
> years ago, it had 6000 miles on it. It now has under 20,000 miles on it.
> My mother bought, new, an 06 Scion xB. My father now drives it; it has
> 6000 miles on it.
> This is not at all unusual.
The operative word was "typical." My 2005 has 38K. I'm retired and have no
commute. Encountered a fellow driving a 2006 a few days ago. He has 65K.
Posted by Tomes on November 29, 2008, 2:14 am
Was Istoben...
> "Elmo P. Shagnasty"...
>> "Was Istoben" :
>>>Tomes:
>>> > Either this dealer is trying to scam you or the previous driver was a
>>> > braking nut. Makes me wonder what else was treated roughly on this
>>> > car.
>>> > Tomes
>>> Possibly it was all of the above plus an odometer hack. 38K on a 2004?
>>> That comes to 7.6K/year, probably less than half the typical mileage for
>>> this vintage.
>>
>> My sister-in-law has my aunt's 87 Civic. When my aunt gave it up 6
>> years ago, it had 6000 miles on it. It now has under 20,000 miles on it.
>>
>> My mother bought, new, an 06 Scion xB. My father now drives it; it has
>> 6000 miles on it.
>>
>> This is not at all unusual.
> The operative word was "typical." My 2005 has 38K. I'm retired and have
> no commute. Encountered a fellow driving a 2006 a few days ago. He has
> 65K.
37 K in 2 years on the 2007.
Posted by Was Istoben on November 29, 2008, 4:00 am
> Was Istoben...
>> "Elmo P. Shagnasty"...
>>> "Was Istoben" :
>>>>Tomes:
>>>> > Either this dealer is trying to scam you or the previous driver was a
>>>> > braking nut. Makes me wonder what else was treated roughly on this
>>>> > car.
>>>> > Tomes
>>>> Possibly it was all of the above plus an odometer hack. 38K on a 2004?
>>>> That comes to 7.6K/year, probably less than half the typical mileage
>>>> for
>>>> this vintage.
>>>
>>> My sister-in-law has my aunt's 87 Civic. When my aunt gave it up 6
>>> years ago, it had 6000 miles on it. It now has under 20,000 miles on
>>> it.
>>>
>>> My mother bought, new, an 06 Scion xB. My father now drives it; it has
>>> 6000 miles on it.
>>>
>>> This is not at all unusual.
>>
>> The operative word was "typical." My 2005 has 38K. I'm retired and have
>> no commute. Encountered a fellow driving a 2006 a few days ago. He has
>> 65K.
>>
> 37 K in 2 years on the 2007.
With as many miles, my brakes look like new and aren't rusted despite the
winter salt. I'd really have to work at ruining my brakes in 38K miles.
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>> "Lu R" :
>>
>>> My 2004 Prius has just gone in for a 60,000 km service (38,000 miles).
>>> Told
>>> the front discs and pads need replacing by the Toyota dealer as they
>>> cant be
>>> reshaved. Seems too short a time to have to replace the discs. My last
>>> car a
>>> Ford Falcon wagon 92 model did about 150,000 km before it needed disc
>>> reshaving. Anyone else have this dilemma?
>>
>> Get a second opinion.
> I second the second opinion. It should not be this way so soon. If this
> is so you would feel it in the pedal when breaking gets down to less than
> 5 MPH or so - it would be grinding that you would feel in your foot via
> the hydraulics.
> Either this dealer is trying to scam you or the previous driver was a
> braking nut. Makes me wonder what else was treated roughly on this car.
> Tomes