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Originally Posted by MikenOH
However, if you intend to keep the current engine, then the build date on your car or knowledge of whether the original engine has been replaced would been an inportant consideration. The sleeved engine deal affected cars produced in the 10/98--2/99 time frame. Those dates are not precise, but fairly close.
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spot on; this is CRITICAL. the problem with a low mile '99 is that you really don't know whether you will suffer a motor failure due to a manufacturing defect (porous block / slipped cylinder sleeve) that plagued some 1999 models. if the car had this problem, it generally failed before 30K miles. a '99 with, say, 50K on the odometer was likely safe. a '99 with only 10K on the odometer AND the original motor could be a recipe for disaster.