Dear All:

I was reminded, a couple of weeks ago, that I have neglected to send the
list the smokin' hot news that Artemis is now back home to Mama.

It did take a long time (more than four months), four different body
shops, a really awesome body man (Glen Hazlewood at the Lansdowne body
shop in Richmond) (don't trust Lansdowne to paint your Saabs, though;
for a good paint job in the Greater Vancouver area, see Bill Dobson at
Burrard Autostrasse), and, oh, yes, AND MONEY, but... aren't the best
problems the type that *can* be solved?  There's so much that money
can't fix; I was fortunate to be troubled by a problem that money could
help.  Also, one can earn money back, but once your Saab is gone, it's
gone forever.

I ended up getting another car (an '89 sedan) (Artemis is a '90 900
turbo hatchback) to act as body donor for Artemis's front end.  I still
feel guilty about having ripped apart a perfectly good car in order to
save my own, but I alleviate that guilt, somewhat, by remembering that
the front half of that car has certainly moved up in the world by
becoming a part of the unit known as Artemis.

Glen is a perfectionist, and did a wonderful job in the cut and paste. 
The seam between the original frame and the graft is absolutely
imperceptible.  Also, he used the front pillars of both cars, so now
Artemis is stronger than the day she rolled off the assembly line.

There is still more to do: Artemis still does not have headlamp wipers,
and she has inherited a front bearing rumble from the donor, which is
annoying.  There are also various trim bits which will need to be
replaced.  This will all be rectified in the new year.  She did,
however, slaughter this year's emissions test and drag it home by the
hair for dinner.  Results were:

HYDROCARBONS:                           driving          idle
maximum allowable:                       90.00 ppm     120.00 ppm
vehicle reading:                          1.00 ppm       0.00 ppm
'a good reading for your vehicle':        8.00 ppm       6.00 ppm

CARBON MONOXIDE:                        driving          idle
maximum allowable:                       0.90%           1.00%
vehicle reading:                         0.02%           0.00%
'a good reading for your vehicle':       0.02%           0.00%

OXIDES OF NITROGEN:                     driving
maximum allowable:                    1200.00 ppm
vehicle reading:                       153.00 ppm
'a good reading for your vehicle':      85.00 ppm

I personally feel that Artemis is cleaning air, at this point.  The air
in those testing centres is positively filthy; any pollutants that
showed up on that test were surely emitted by another car and sucked
into my lean, mean, air purifying machine.

Anyhow, the moral of the story is... take your own road!  Don't listen
to others who tell you that your Saab is dead; a Saab doesn't die until
its owner accepts its death.

Thanks to all who wrote with support.  Please let me know if you'd like
to receive a scan of this year's Artemis Christmas card.

Yours very truly and gratefully,

Roxi & Artemis, together again

• the immortal Artemis (also: more on emissions), Roxana Eshghi, Mon, 13 Dec 1999 17:50:52

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