Chevy & GMC Vans

Finally broke down and bought a new to us 2003 Astro AWD. My choices were a Jeep Grand Cherokee or an AWD Astro or Safari. I finally decided that I would rather buy something that would haul 7 or 8 people comfortably so the Jeep was out!

I picked up a 2003 AWD Astro complete with rear heat and A/C, dutch doors, CD player, power windows, locks and mirrors! It also has new brakes and 4 new tires. It only had 52,400 miles on it.

awesome! i really like that color combo.. it's kinda elegant looking. now, just need to find it some fancy wheels lol

get a good deal? I'll be attempting to sell my dakota again this summer.. if I do, it's going to be replaced with something similar in 2wd

I think I got a decent deal. Not a great deal but not bad. Paid $11,500 with new tires and brakes. We looked at another '03 with 88k miles but it was beat! They were asking $9995 for that one. Another one local has 49k miles and they are asking $14,500.

nice buy, I like the colour choice aswell!

Crash, I thought you bought another van a few months ago?

sounds like you did get a good deal


lol.. yes, I got the 93 LT Tristan. Sold it to my wifes ex after he was wrote off his car. he needed something right away and i had something that was ready to go but wasn't being used just yet

Looks like mine did a few years ago.

Have fun!

How long will it be before it's looking like the "big one"?

It'll be awhile, seeing as Judas up'n sold the poor baby within a coupla months. Now he drives a.....gag, Dodge. This thread is a year old, pardner

Jeez Hanan....where have you been? Yup Peter is right (for a change), we bought the 03 in Feb 2007 and traded it on a 3/4 ton dodge with a hemi (just like Peter has one) in August 2007. That was after we bought a 2007 Jayco 232 feather light hybrid camper and the Astro just wasn't safe enough towing the load on the highway.

we havent heard much about the dodge, you still got that thing? i dont see it in any of your snow plowing pics????

The truck is doing great. Getting a whopping 10 mpg...about the same as the SPB. No mods to it at all. I will be installing the 33's off the SPB soon though and be doing maintenance stuff this spring, diff's, t-case and a transgo shift kit and fluid. It's nice to be able to drop the hammer and be able to slide the rear end around anytime I want!