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Spring has well and truly sprung

It was a fine spring morning which would make the next journey in my 2013 BMW 535i (F10) all the more enjoyable, even if it was just to the supermarket. On exiting my driveway, I heard a soft clonk from the offside front corner, which immediately did not sound good. Nothing untoward was felt on the journey until I entered a left-hand corner with adverse camber and the previous soft clonk was replaced by a louder clonk and a slight shudder was felt through the steering wheel. Oh bother, something’s not as it should be. I gingerly drove the few miles home without incident. I had planned

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