Renting a car in Thailand

I've driven in only two countries, the United States and Japan and have long had a fear of driving in South East Asia. While I feel like I'm a pretty competent driver, my biggest beef with driving in SE Asia is the hordes of motorbikes that swarm cars like flies. And then there's the whole propensity to treat lanes of the street as mere suggestions or guidelines...so you end up with four or five rows of vehicles across three lanes.

We decided to rent a car in Pattaya for our week long vacation. You know how after you've done the paper work you walk around with the agent to inspect the car for dents and damages? This is what we came up with:

Why not color the whole thing in blue...and thanks for the reminder at the bottom to have a safe journey! The best part about this experience is that when we walked around the car the guy casually told me that when the car was returned this morning, the driver's side mirror had been whacked off somehow. And since they only had this car to rent me, and didn't have time to get it properly fixed that they had duck taped on a small bicycle mirror instead.

It was at that point I made sure to ask the guy for the comprehensive insurance option.