2001 9-3 CO2

[GR4]

Hi all,
Have recently bought my wife a 2001 9-3 2.0LPT convertible, and notice that the registration document classifies it at 213 G/KM. Is it really ? and if so what are the 185's and 210's rated at ?

Nice car, but has seized aircon compressor. Can anyone advise on the most economical way to deal with this. I'm not keen on Saab's £500 + part price! so advice appreciated on where to find the best priced new units, reconditioning services, or even good secondhand if that is not too much of a risk.

[i want an aero]

ebay seem to have loads of breakers. but try salvo in ilkeston, i have used them before without a problem

[RedLeicester]

Saabs pump out really rather a lot of C02. The Swedes decided that things like catalytic converters and so on were A Good Thing long before most of the rest of the industry, and massively cleaned up their cars: remember the late 80s/early 90s adverts from Saab pointing out that tests in the US had shown that air coming out of their exhausts in Los Angeles was cleaner than that going in...

As a result, they decided the lesser of all evils was C02.... shame out government, and now the rest of the world has decided that actually acid rain or smog is okay, but C02 will bash poor little trees and therefore is the gas of the devil...