I am not saying the computer is correct and understand that it depends on driving conditions. My wife can burn up a set of break in 1/2 the time i can. My point is that BMW is trying to avoid having to do maintenance on their dime. My 2007 X5 4.8 pads did not look nearly as thick as the ones on the 2011. I have never seen 60k intervals for brakes on any of my last 5 BMW's. I just think that BMW is using thicker pads which will only be small % more expensive at the factory and pushing the replacment beyond the 50k mark. If this is the case, they have more than enough data to figure out that 3mm-5mm thicker pad saves them money on maintenance over the life of every X5 sold.

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2012 X5 50i ZAP(2VA, 336, 465), ZTP, ZPP, ZPS(6VC), ZCW, ZRC, 322, 4UB, 4NC, 610
2011 ///M3 Silverstone II
2011 X5 50i(lemon)
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