What cheap ass metal are they making coil springs with nowadays or is it because the roads are bad? You see loads of broken pieces of spring in the gutter.

A family member had a spring go once on a Ford Fiesta that was only a few years old. Maybe it's a mass production thing like everything nowadays - make them thinner, less metal, save a few pence on each spring.

Most things are shit nowadays like internal door handles and taps that used to be made out of thick brass.