Comment by Scoundreller
3 years ago
> largely thanks to regen braking allowing you to avoid new pads or discs
I’m almost there with the old-school way: a manual transmission and downshifting to decelerate.
While not as effective, drum brakes really lasted a while.
you can downshift some auto tranmissions too. Although you're trading brake pad wear for transmission clutch wear.
Clutch disc is much more expensive to replace, BTW. You won't notice if you buy new every other year, of course.
Going on year 15 with a good clutch on a low-end bmw here. Dunno if luck or not, but not a lot of clutch complaints on bmw forums.
Their automatics on the other hand…
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