Before I moved down here my previous Saab used to go through front springs.The guy who looked after it always said it was the amount of "sleeping policemen"(lazy b*****rs!!).Joking apart they are all over the North East, a bloomin menace.Since moving down here I have replaced one set of springs on my current Saab I hit a big pothole and bang both went.The joys of modern motoring.I very rarely attempt to do any work on the car these days not as easy as my old Beetles