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Originally Posted by Flieger
I think you'll find the fronts are always doing most of the work. You never want the rears to lock first, and most cars today have a front weight bias to begin with, so the front has the most grip.
I can't think of any cars meant for use on pavement that have a rear brake bias, apart from some go-karts with a solid rear axle.
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My wife had an '07 Volvo S40 that wore the rear pads out first... Changed them around ~60k miles. Never had to do the fronts... It was totaled at about 99k miles. I was always baffled by the rear pad wear in that front-wheel drive car. I guess this rear-bias discussion could explain it... and with ABS, no lockup.