snowtrooper,
When I replaced my rotors and pads it seemed like my front pads had been replaced too. I know that they weren't and at almost 70k miles the front pads still had a LOT of life left in them. I don't know if this is due to the Isuzu composites in the pads, or if a lot of the braking on the VX is done by the rear (the rear pads where pretty worn), but it's good to know that the pads hold up so long.
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong, it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair."
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