Hi on the point of bad design I've never failed so many cars(mondeos)especially, on broken road springs as I have in recent years when MOT testing,and even when you fit new ones they dont look right just touching in about 2 points on the lower saddle especially when they have a tight coil at the bottom, the only reason I can see why the manufacturers do this is so they can fit wider wheels without to much cost? they don't like cold weather either. Martin