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BREAK
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Great site and community you have here. I've really enjoyed reading all of the topics and posts here and have learned a lot that I'm sure will come in handy soon enough.

I bought a 95 astro about 8 months ago for my girlfriend to drive and haul her kids around in, it was the first thing i found for less than $1,500 that wasn't a piece of crap. Little did i know i would fall in love with it by the time i got it home. So obviously i had to buy one for myself as well \:D/
I got myself a nice 2000 with all the options you can get on one that isn't a conversion. I love both of them but honestly i enjoy driving her cheaper and older 2WD more.

It's nice to see so many other people that love their astros as much or more than i do. I don't see myself without at least one for many, many years.
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1995 2WD Astro 165K+
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Good to have you, Welcome aboard. Jim
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Welcome to ASV, you have found the Asylum :cheers:
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Welcome, Break. Kind of odd how these Astro/Safari's grow on you. \:D/
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Wow, multiple vans owners just keep popping up lately. Welcome to the site!
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So is there a new tactic to make your girlfriend not feel jealous you have newer more plush ride by driving HER ride??? :poke:

Welcome!!!
The older style rides seem to generally have more "get-go" than the newer rides. Last weekend I was driving a 1994 Astro EXT AWD and it felt more powerful than mine when stock.
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Sorry I missed you but welcome to the place for Astro/Safari nuts. :rolleyes:
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phr1$k37 wrote:
So is there a new tactic to make your girlfriend not feel jealous you have newer more plush ride by driving HER ride??? :poke:
I don't remember why but we switched vans a few weeks ago, so of course my nice "leather" interior is now 6 to 8 inches deep in boogers, half-eaten pop tarts and cookies.


Welcome!!!
The older style rides seem to generally have more "get-go" than the newer rides. Last weekend I was driving a 1994 Astro EXT AWD and it felt more powerful than mine when stock.
Seems that way to me as well. Mine rides better but her's kind of "leaps" from a dead stop and i have to keep an eye on my speed. Feels like i have to push mine to go the speed limit.
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1995 2WD Astro 165K+
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1995 Dodge 2500HD V10 4X4 reg cab 75K+, BFG all terrains (nice truck, everything is perfect on it)
1994 Honda Magna 4K+
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Welcome to Our World...... C`mon in, and cruise around.... we don`t bite (unlike other auto sites)
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