here are other variables involved in brake wear. Cars with automatic transmissions will generally need to have a brake job before cars with standard shift transmissions. Alternatively, a car’s brakes will last longer if it has both front and rear disc brakes as opposed to a car with the more common brake configuration of front disc and rear drum brakes. Although, in the case of a front disc/rear drum configuration, the rear brake drums will usually last twice as long as the front disc brakes.