[jmg]

I wasn't driving but I was in Bangkok years ago in a taxi going what felt like +80mph. There was a distinct grinding of the brakes which told me there was no pad left, the alignment was so bad that the driver was constantly sawing the wheel left and right even though the highway was straight, the tires were hard as rocks because they were constantly squealing, I was pretty sure the car was held together by spot welds and the airbags had long been stolen and never replaced hence the ill fitted airbag panel that was half lifted off the dashboard in front of me.