Nothing surprises me.

The criminal neglect i found too often in my kerbside cowboy days would make your hair stand on end.

Two memorable ones from hundreds.

Renault 11, all front pads down to the metal and had been for so long that both solid front discs were around 1mm or less thick resembling ultra thin washers, how they didn't shatter in place i shall never know, wish i'd greased then up and framed them for posterity.

Citroen Ami or Dyane thingy, single piston front calipers, one side the pad had fallen out and the friction material was the piston itself, which looked like a baseball cap as the molten piston had formed a peak as it wore down..eek.

Tyres down to and through the cords was regular, as were seized calipers (still the same) and leaking slave cyls inside drum brakes with fluid soaked linings, as was finding no oil on the dipstick and one memorable case actually draining only 1 pint of oil from a rattly 2.3 V6 Granada, which once serviced went on for years without a murmer, amazing.

No doubt these owners are overjoyed at the new high mileage sevice intervals, save them having to overservice their cars any more..;)

In fairness, "you need pads and discs squire" was a staple earner for unscrupulous MOT testers since 'excessive wear' was a subjective judgement. I changed MOT station when my discs and pads were unfairly condemned. Coil spring? Most people wouldn't know. No excuse for the tyres though!

Recently had my wife's Corsa MOT'd, followed by its final Vx service in the warranty period. Passed MOT with no advisories.

Then, after dropping at Vx garage, I get the phone call from the service rep saying that "the front pads are 95% worn and the discs are nearly on the wear limit ..."