[lettie]

Thanks for the offer Steve, I have had to get the work done in order to get the car through its MOT. My dad took it in for me whilst I was on hols, but he did ask for the old springs and they are currently in the boot of my car. I haven't looked at them yet because I don't know what I'm looking at, but we know someone who does.

I can't believe that my car would need new springs after only 14,500 miles. The garage tried to fob me off by blaming it on speed bumps but I'm not buying that one. I am not a boy racer who goes over them at warp speed, I am more like 'driving Miss Daisy'.......

I have had several cars and have only needed to replace one set of springs previously. That car had done almost 80,000 miles.

What kind of mileage would you expect to get out of a set of springs???