Worn out brake pads end up scouring the discs on my XUV700

Typically around 75-80K kms mark, the discs have started showing the age. It could last another 5-7KL kms but its good to change the discs along with new pads

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When you are on a roll, munching miles is kid's play in XUV7OO. Over a weekend, darted across KA-TN-KL and had a great monsoon drive with some friends. While on the trip, on the return leg, the brake pad's worn-out warning popped up. Still 450 kms to home, and crazy Salem - BLR traffic, we ended up scoring the disc too.

As soon as I got back in BLR, today, TheRedSparkle got new brake pads and a brand new disc at the front. Typically around the 75-80K kms mark, the discs have started showing age. It could last another 5-7KL kms but it's good to change the discs along with new pads else you will have more scoring. I didn't want to keep visiting ASC again and again - hence changed discs as well as pads. Thanks to Zubair and Edrish at Chrome, for a quick coordination and advance note on this work, TheRedSparkle was taken care of best, yet again. Total wallet damage - Rs. 14,441.

Here are the old pad states:

And the new disc now with new pads:

And to sum up, some clicks from the KL Monsoon drive

We had a nice off-roading section while reaching to kava section behind the Malampuzha dam. Both XUVs were equipped with AWD and the 4x4 Kodiaq, this section was fun. Kodiaq did all slush and undulation in a very very sophisticated manner while XUV7OO AWDs needed some skills and forceful AWD/ ESP switching off to do the same obstacles without much issues. It was a delight to see the inspiration of XUV7OO in action - the Alaskan bear for a reason in its "Wolf in a Sheep's clothing" avtaar. At the half cost of Kodiaq, the XUV7OO wasn't far behind either! In hindsight, I think, the MT or AT tyres would have made this entire soft-roading and slush crossings more like a cakewalk. This soft-roading was just part of normal routes - the locals do this every day to reach the mainland from their homes - our homestay was a reason to take these roads which otherwise would have been off-limits for us "tourists". The muddy roads laced with a lot of medium-sized stones, slush, and water in puddles made things adventurous. Glad that with four adults on board, both XUVs did not scrape the bottoms, or had any "tongue in cheek" moments.

I have said this earlier and would like to repeat one more time:

• A SUV must be capable of sending power to all its wheels! This is a capability you can't retrofit for a normal user!
• The AWD capability is not for off-roading but for such tricky moments which makes your life pleasant.
• XUV7OO also on the normal roads, aids in stability and performance - AWD owners wouldn't know what a torque steer is for a 450NM torque behemoth.

So for the questions related to AWD utility, my answer is - Yes, please consider AWD as "a utility must have" over fancy touchscreen or gimmicky features. You can't have a SUV without AWD. It's of course helpful, more than you think. This is one feature you can have and "may" use instead of "need it" and not have it.

Stay tuned - yet another monsoon drive and epic trip happening soon! To sum up, some clicks from the KL Monsoon drive

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