Tony Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Vauxhall Sigma arrived at the centre with a blown out tyre in the spare and the space saver fitted on the OSF, when i drove the car into the centre the steering was as heavy as hell, i thought it was due to the poxy space saver..... then as the car rode the slight incline to the workshop the front valance scrapped the floor .... must be that space saver again methinks After fitting the new tyre it was put back on the car, but it wouldn't go on obviously we initially thought it was the wrong wheel "WTF"....... Or maybe, just maybe this could be the reason why Not only has the spring snapped it rode down the strut tangling with the brake lines and drop-link, eventually it pierced the tyre. This is the scary bit, the male owner was totally unaware there was a problem...... How can you not notice the heavy steering, the noise, the angle of the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 He shouldn't be driving if he's that stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 He shouldn't be driving if he's that stupid Agreed, it should've been obvious. Some people are so ignorant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 some peeps are just to bone idle to notice somthing like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Can you imagin what it would be like to drive a car with a front coil missing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackherer Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 My mates Alfa 166 had a snapped spring on the OSF. It drove perfectly despite this, I drove it to the MOT centre that failed it and I didn't notice anything amiss. It was nowhere near as bad as this Vauxhall but it was completely snapped, the top two coils were totally separate. I normally work on 80s Peugeots and I have never seen a Pug spring with any significant corrosion, my mates Alfa is a '99 on 60k so I was surprised to say the least. I ended up fitting a full set of Eibachs as they cost less than just the fronts from Alfa, and once the rears were off it was obvious they needed changing too. I understand it was recently aligned at WIM on my recommendation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Can you imagin what it would be like to drive a car with a front coil missing yeah right lol....i drove a bedford cf van 60 miloe with just springs on the front and shocks removed years ago.....would put any ganta bouncy car to shame lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Vauxhall Sigma arrived at the centre with a blown out tyre Not only has the spring snapped it rode down the strut tangling with the brake lines and drop-link, eventually it pierced the tyre. Same thing happened on my son's Vauxhall Corsa SXi, spring snapped and punctured the tyre. Common fault on Vauxhall's perhaps, or just unlucky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 never had a vauxhall spring snap yet...had untold vxl's now lol...ford on the other hand grhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 That's nuts, I can't believe that he didn't know something was wrong! Btw, what's a vauxhall sigma? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Btw, what's a vauxhall sigma? See here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwozza Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 I happened to be in WIM at the same time as this car..... absolutely shocking !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickT Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Britains Pot Holed Roads and excessive use of speed ramps........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 See here! That didn't go anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boost mad Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 I was beginning to have withdrawl symptoms with no horror of the week stories lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 I was beginning to have withdrawl symptoms with no horror of the week stories lol Winter's a coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 See here! That didn't go anywhere? Works for me...were you on a mobile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyelcomb Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Of course snapped springs on MX5s / Eunos are common - found I had one myself. But have just bought a '98 Legacy and that has both front springs snapped at the bottom coil too. Could it just be the potholes and bumps / ramps or do cars with open wound springs suffer this more? Presume a spring that only has 4 or 5 coils will actually be working harder than a closer wound one and maybe that leads to earlier fatigue? Or is it just poorer quality steel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Works for me...were you on a mobile? No I wasn't, but it did work now Still that didn't answer the question unfortunately, just brought up the insignia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyelcomb Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Works for me...were you on a mobile? No I wasn't, but it did work now Still that didn't answer the question unfortunately, just brought up the insignia Don't think Sigma exists - maybe it was cross between a Signum, Sintra and Insignia? If it was, then no wonder its falling to pieces! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Signum that's the one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Signum that's the one Numpty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Signum that's the one Ahh the signum, I didn't think there was a sigma, but couldn't think of anything else similar that it could have been confused with............the signum's the weird 4 seat estate thingy isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Signum that's the one Ahh the signum, I didn't think there was a sigma, but couldn't think of anything else similar that it could have been confused with............the signum's the weird 4 seat estate thingy isn't it? Yeah that's the one..... odd looking thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIH Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 We had a Peugeot in last week with a broken spring; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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