Front pad lifespan.

[Lafiro]

I noticed that my rotors seem fine too, no lip or anything, at all, and it just amazes me.

But on a side note, I noticed the car does a lot of very heavy engine breaking. I do not understand why. Like I let go of the gas, and it really starts to slow down, even though its not revving high at all. I tested this on my dads new car, and it will go on almost forever stating +60MPG and barely slowly down.

So what gives here with my Yaris? : (

[1stToyota]

Originally Posted by Lafiro

I noticed that my rotors seem fine too, no lip or anything, at all, and it just amazes me.

But on a side note, I noticed the car does a lot of very heavy engine breaking. I do not understand why. Like I let go of the gas, and it really starts to slow down, even though its not revving high at all. I tested this on my dads new car, and it will go on almost forever stating +60MPG and barely slowly down.

So what gives here with my Yaris? : (

Help my brain out...you're the one that adjusted your rear brakes awhile back and had only 1-2 clicks at the hand brake...?

[WolfWings]

Originally Posted by Lafiro

I noticed that my rotors seem fine too, no lip or anything, at all, and it just amazes me.

But on a side note, I noticed the car does a lot of very heavy engine breaking. I do not understand why. Like I let go of the gas, and it really starts to slow down, even though its not revving high at all. I tested this on my dads new car, and it will go on almost forever stating +60MPG and barely slowly down.

So what gives here with my Yaris? : (

Very few cars have complete fuel cut-off. That's something I got used to having back with that DSM Eclipse I mentioned, it was one of the first consumer-grade sports cars I'm aware of that would shut off the fuel injectors entirely as long as your revs were a couple hundred above idle, so the engine could provide a relatively decent engine-braking effect.

Same thing with the Yaris: It has a LOT more engine braking power than a 1.5l mid-80's Civic, for example, because the mid-80's Civic never stops sputtering fuel in and exploding it, giving little nudges. Yaris? Same effect as turning off the engine whenever you're coasting with your foot off the gas pedal entirely.

[seth_man]

ive got 43k Miles on my stock brakes. 7 track days and never any brake issues. i have adjusted and cleaned the rears twice but still lots of friction material left front and rear and my rotors are now blue but still roll straight. at 40k i cleaned the brakes and measured the lining thickness, i still have 9.2mm of 12mm on the front pads and 2.9mm of 4mm on the rear shoes.