I purchased a 2004 coupe in Feb. It had 17,500 miles on it. I took it in today for some work and while I was there asked for the vehicle history on it. It said that when it was sold to them in Dec 2005 at 17,000 miles, they replaced the front brakes and rotors. The detail said "FRONT PADS 3MM ROTRS 22.20MM ANSD"

I know there is an special 36k warranty on brakes on this year but what can I expect with these new brakes? I am not a hard driver so I would hope this next set would last longer than 17k miles.

I know there is a problem with premature wear with the brakes but is it with just the original sets or something I need to live with?

If it's something I need to anticipate this often, how much should I budget for?

Thx!

(I posted this on the General Discussion board but haven't gotten any responses so I thought I put it here too. Sorry for the dup post).