In reply to BobOfTheFuture and SlickDizzy:
Good to know... My folks have two autotragic early-'80s 240s. I love the way they look, but I don't care much for driving them (though I want to). They do seem strangely worse than the old 145 wagon they had...
The other weird thing about 2-series is that the interiors seem kinda cramped considering the scale of a few the Swedes I've known.