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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 09:58 AM
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Found this in the road the other day, they do brake , but some one must have driven off feeling a bit lopsided !!!

Maybe it was an MB!

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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 11:11 AM
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Probably from a Z4. They are terrible for breaking coil springs.

Funny that nearly every sports car has at least one character flaw...
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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 11:31 AM
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Common on a lot of cars. Goats and BMWs I know of are fairly common
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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 11:31 AM
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Err, should read fiats
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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 01:22 PM
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I saw half a brake disc in the road the other day. That driver would have got a bit of a shock at the next corner.
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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 03:18 PM
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Or a Vauxhall rear. Replaced a few! in my time in trade............
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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 10:11 PM
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Yep, beemer's favourite on the rear!
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When they fail on a Z4 you normally know nothing about it as there is sufficient spring pressure to compensate for the lost section.

All German cars seem to have a spring breakage problem.
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Old Mar 3, 2013 | 06:46 AM
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Clio ones break like that too
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Old Mar 3, 2013 | 10:24 AM
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I was gonna put this down to how fat cars are now until you mentioned a Clio. Which is made of paper and chicken Shyte by all accounts.
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