A spring has sprung

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My front drivers side coil snapped yesterday whilst parked out side the local Marks and spencers. My son was sitting in the car at the time and thought there had been an earthquake as the car jumped forward so violently.
My mechanic advised he'd been fixing a lot of them recently presumably a mixture of very cold weather and speed bumps everywhere

[Efbe]

sorry, couldn't resist...

[anonymous-user]

Some cars are prone to spring failure anyway, but as you're very guarded in your post and profile about what you drive we'll never know

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Efbe said:

sorry, couldn't resist...

The missus has lost 3 stone recently and that's obviously upset the balance of the car

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yellowbentines said:

Some cars are prone to spring failure anyway, but as you're very guarded in your post and profile about what you drive we'll never know

It's an alhambra, the OH has just phoned to say one of the front tyres has gone flat over night, it'll be fun changing that in the snow when i get home

[J4CKO]

Yes, my Saab is on its second replacement after a chunk fell off, dont use the oem ones, look for a quality aftermarket one, mine is so much better on the Eibach ones, rides better, handles better and seems, bizarrely, quicker !

Not to bad do it yourself as well.

[lost in espace]

ooo000ooo said:

yellowbentines said:

Some cars are prone to spring failure anyway, but as you're very guarded in your post and profile about what you drive we'll never know

It's an alhambra, the OH has just phoned to say one of the front tyres has gone flat over night, it'll be fun changing that in the snow when i get home

I have one! They break all the time, one every 6 months so far.

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J4CKO said:

Yes, my Saab is on its second replacement after a chunk fell off, dont use the oem ones, look for a quality aftermarket one, mine is so much better on the Eibach ones, rides better, handles better and seems, bizarrely, quicker !

Not to bad do it yourself as well.

Too cold and too much crap in the garage to DIY, the mechanic needed to use heat on the topnut to get it off and then rebuild a bearing in the top of it. He wasn't happy.....

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lost in espace said:

ooo000ooo said:

yellowbentines said:

Some cars are prone to spring failure anyway, but as you're very guarded in your post and profile about what you drive we'll never know

It's an alhambra, the OH has just phoned to say one of the front tyres has gone flat over night, it'll be fun changing that in the snow when i get home

I have one! They break all the time, one every 6 months so far.

I knew i should have bought a previa..