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One thing Tesla drivers keep saying is that they hardly ever need to break. Just lifting foot from gas pedal is usually enough. So brakes should have longer li

• frosted-flakes 7y ago
  Probably not much different from a car with a manual transmission (especially diesels), where the engine does most of the braking. The brakes on my mk4 VW Jetta TDI easily lasted more than four years[1], and even then only because corrosion killed them[2]. So I don't expect there to be much savings there. [1] The original clutch was changed at 450000 km. [2] The brake pads separated from the backing, even though they were only half-worn. Higher-quality pads might have prevented this, but the previous owner installed them.