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Post by ScottS »

Wel, my brief stint as an Astro owner is over...I just felt..dirty....

So bye bye Astro, and hello Safari !


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Post by mdmead »

Nice!

And love that color!
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Post by Mr_Roboto »

Geeze, what's with all the hatin on the Astros as of late?



















J/K, nice lookin van.
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Post by ScottS »

No hate, I love'em ! Just pokin fun !
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Post by trybe13 »

I'm not pokin' fun! I hate 'em!!! :^o \:D/ Nice wagon Scott!!
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Post by crash »

sharp looking scott. nice color combo.

what are the details on it.. yr mileage .. etc

btw.. i know there's a lot of fun being poked abck and forth.. seriously, is there really ANY differences other than the grill/lights on the later models?
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Post by ScottS »

1998, 80k miles. Hope it is a s nice as the photos.

has all the goodies except a dvd player . and the seats I wanted that have the console betwen them ( 2nd and 3rd row ) but it looks OK.

Now I have to fix the 97. Aren't you glad you didn't buy it ! J/K had the diff blown after you bought it we would have worked something out.
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Post by crash »

YIKES! ... ah well, they say everything happens for a reason \:D/
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97 Astro AWD (selling by summer .. i think) SOLD
99 Astro LS Sept 08 ASV VOM
94 Astro LT
93 Astro LT
96 Astro LT AWD * parts van*
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Post by ScottS »

what hapened to the wheels in your avatar ?
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Post by crash »

they are currently rolling on the 93. the plan is to refinish them to match the cladding on the 99. if they don't look any good on there, i'll refinish them black again and sell em
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97 Astro AWD (selling by summer .. i think) SOLD
99 Astro LS Sept 08 ASV VOM
94 Astro LT
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96 Astro LT AWD * parts van*
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Post by peter »

So you still have the 97'? You starting a collection or what?

Nice ride, btw =D>
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Post by LiftedAWDAstro »

Scott, you are like me...getting a heck of an Astro/Safari collection! I do like the color combo and it looks VERY clean! Come to the NECO to show it off! :-k
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Post by peter »

Yeah, chicken$hit. You can pick up the diffy for your 97' while you're there..... \:D/
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Post by ScottS »

That's a darn good idea.
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Post by potskie »

Don't quote me on this but i have been told by a few techs that the only diff between astros and safaris aside from the obvious front end is in a safari theres more sound deading material to create a seemingly higher quality ride..
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