It is a 1998 Intreque GL with the 3800 seriesII.It has 128,000 miles on it.As far as I know there hasn't been any work done on it other than common stuff.(oil change,tune-up,)The woman I bought the car from 4 months ago claimed to have all the maintenance records for the car.She neglected to tell me the records went back 3 years.
She did however tell me it was in a,what she called,a "minor" accident and had everything repaired but didn't tell me what exactly was repaired.Just that the front passenger side was hit.She claimed to have new brakes put in before she parked the car almost a year ago but the pads were so worn I knew she lied about that also.
I know every used car is gonna need work and for the most part the old girl runs and drives nice.I have put a far amount of work and money into her already(tune-up,radiator flush,new heater blower motor,brakes,tires,MAP sensor,tranny service,)
Now I just spent 70 bucks for an alignment that didn't go so well.Now the possibility of having to put new struts in her.All in all I would have to say the woman DIDN'T take good care of her.I bought it because of the low miles figuring I wouldn't have any major issues.I was wrong...lol.
As far as the springs go I do make it a habit to visually inspect my struts and springs whenever I go under my car for the first time.I didn't "see" anything out of the ordinary so i will perform your tests.