"Pete M" wrote in message
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I also think it's speed bump related. Searching through the MOT history
for my BMW online I discovered that it had a set of rear springs at 36k
miles. Does seem to happen more and more often.

Having said that, the only coil spring I've ever had go on a car was on a
1985 Mercedes 280TE - it's common on those.

In the snow and freezing conditions a week or two ago, my SAAB broke a
spring going over a speedbump, there was a bang and then clunking from the
broken bit. 2 days later the other side did the same. Weird, it was just the
bottom coils, or 2/3rds of them anyway.

I blame speedbumps, exacerbated by the cold

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Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...