Drum Brakes

And it depends on if your car is auto or stick.
You use less brake if you drive stick.

Drum Brakes

How long do they usually last? as in how many miles, on avg

that really depends on your driving style. how often do you use your brakes, do you slam on them frequently, etc?

nah like i said, avg use, not hard on em
bout to reach 100K miles on my geo, has the factory drums, someone told me that usually around when you change em

My first car, drove it hard, drums went out after 60K miles. 2nd car drove it normally (to conserve gas) and drums were getting ready to go when I was reaching about 100K. 3rd car.. no more drums.. whoohoo

its stick, i cant stand the auto lol
but well see, i thought someone here mightve replaced up sometime so was just wondering around how many miles that was