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Southern wrote:
9dawgs wrote:Washed my '99 Astro it and loaded up with all the junk my son left when he moved out back in October. Getting ready to head over to his "new" apartment to drop it off ! \:D/
Is the Astro going to your son as well? :poke:
Heck no! That's mine :muhaha:
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Drove my daughter and I 140 miles to my parents house in central Illinois.
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You remember the movie "The Christmas Story" and the kid stuck his tongue on the flag pole and it froze? Well I tried that on my Astro and it really works!
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Matt,great plan-I hope you have a diet Coke in your hand when you watch,might as well enjoy life. :cheers:
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Southerners :poke:
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Made the return trip home. ScanGaugeII says I averaged 22.4 mpg.
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2005 Astro (Gandalf) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, 130k+ miles
1997 Astro (Grumpy - $250 Rally Van) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, LSD, 2" lift, 31" tires, 335k+ orig engine, $30 eBay fuel pump
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put it up for sale
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/972455053.html
crate 350 bored .60 over, 700R4, lifted...yada yada yada. Who cares what i have, ITS FAST AND I LOVE DRIVING IT!!!
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Drove it abit, exhaust got loudd, turns out the pipe broke just before the cat! ](*,)
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zombie{[six]} wrote:put it up for sale
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/972455053.html
i'm still in shock

Jboy2 wrote:Drove it abit, exhaust got loudd, turns out the pipe broke just before the cat! ](*,)
lol i know a guy that had it snap just after the cat on christmas eve his wife was not happy that drive home :axe:
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Cobra-remember me pulling into NECO 08??.Well I went for the record on rusted out muffler and the pipe just after the cat.Man o man,now I wish I hadn't done that now!!!. ](*,) :muhaha:
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Pulled er inside the yard for prep for possibly the final ride.
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Washed and vacumed it today, after doing a 600 mile roundtrip to my moms and back in upstate NY, over the weekend.
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Pushed Green through an intersection and over to the side of the road, popped the hood, wiggled some wires, and got back in hoping that I re-established the ground. Started it back up and drove it home.
Aaron

2005 Astro (Gandalf) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, 130k+ miles
1997 Astro (Grumpy - $250 Rally Van) - AWD, 4.3L, 3.42, LSD, 2" lift, 31" tires, 335k+ orig engine, $30 eBay fuel pump
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DANVAN wrote:Washed and vacumed it today, after doing a 600 mile roundtrip to my moms and back in upstate NY, over the weekend.

don't wash mine, it makes the paint come off...

new wiper blades, replaced a headlight with a salvage lamp I had in the garage. Got my new aldl cable tonight in the mail. downloaded winaldl the other day. got a new timing light. time to do some detailed investigation and tuning.
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