Bought a rust free 1988 one owner 240DL in really nice shape about 6 months ago with 74,000 miles. Bought the car for my 18 year old for safety's sake. When I bought it I spent about $700 Cdn. to change all the fluids and do miscellaneous repairs. Ran nice for a while, so I decided to install new Brembo rotors and Volvo pads and one caliper ($840) and new Michelins and Borbet type E rims ($1300 Cdn). Two problems; today I went to Costco to install the rims and tires which are 7" wide and the balancing weight, which is mounted on the inside and sticks out from the tires edge just a little, was rubbing against some kind of brake part in the back tires every time the wheel rotated. Without the weights the clearance with the 7" wide tire is only about 1/8"; would not be the problem with a 6" original width tire. Tirerack claims the wheel should fit. Does anyone know what that brake part is (it looks redundant to me) and can it be ground down a little? Secondly, when the Costco guy tried to start the car and drive it, it started and ran very poorly, practically stalling and losing power. I think the fact that this happened at Costco is a coincidence. Nevertheless I'm kind of bummed out. I heard these cars are good for 500,000 miles . . . OK, I'm venting, but they are good cars . . . right? Thanks, Fred