Don't be afraid of a 98,love mine and have no problems with tuning,it can be a little tricky at times but I always have found a way around it.Alot of thoses rumors get started buy somebody who doesn'y really know what there talking about and escalate from there,sure theres advantages to 99+ but if it's clean and a deal that wouldn't stop me from buying. Don't worry SouthSide I'll help ya out if needed.