New member here, ended up with a '99 L car from my wife's aunt (gift) with 330k miles on the odometer. It has more than 330k miles but the speedometer hasn't been working in the past few years. They apparently had a "new" 2.2L motor installed a couple years ago but it never really has ran right. I went up and drove it 3 hours home and it barely made it with a nasty misfire an cylinders 3 and 4. The other issues are CV joints and some bugs living in the air box.
I started out with replacing the spark plugs which gave the misfire an immediate improvement but it was still there. Next step was the coil pack, more improvement but still missing on lower end acceleration.
My overall plan with Sendy is to make it a solid overland vehicle, first step is to get er running smoothly, then its on to replacing CV joints. Later I will add a lift, replace the tires, put some navigation and communication devices in it, and whatever else I decide to do.
Here's some pictures, I will document my build in this thread.