Low dusting brakes are often a ceramic which lasts much longer than a race pad which is typically at least half metallic and eats both pad and rotor quickly.
Also note that if you drive a manual (or drive an auto and use manual mode often) and downshift properly, your engine braking is supplementing your brakes, so you overall use less brake to actually come to a stop, or at least slow down. Also, if you don't stomp your brakes like an idiot, they'll also last longer.
Also consider our brakes are massive for the size of the car, and if you have the sport package, this is even more so, especially for daily driving. Bigger brakes means less force to slow down overall, and also less heat fade.
That said, you might see about 60K on your pads (or maybe you'll hear the wear bars in the next thousand miles).
Big brakes (less fade, more pad and rotor contact surface) + downshifting + good driving habits + (relatively) lightweight car = longer pad and rotor life.
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