VW ID.4 - Electrified CUV - $40k starting.

[pezzy84]

Talking with a Tesla owner, he has a problem with rotors rusting on the friction surfaces from unuse. He commutes 50 miles per day and doesn’t baby it. He tells me that brake pads are a known frequent replacement item on Tesla’s because of this. Apparently they do a really good job of capturing regen. I wonder if the closed nature of drums reduces rusting.

I have to make it a point to do some hard freeway offramp stops on occasion to clean the discs off on my E-Golf - they get really groany/creaky because of buildup on all 4 corners. Friction braking is few and far between.