1988 Chevrolet Astro

Pros: Excellent car for the money, long-lasting

Cons: Front Passenger side leg room can be too small

Review: We bought brand-new off the showroom floor a 1988 black Astro minivan.
Nothing fancy in it, just your standard v-6, then 5-seater with tinted side windows and air-conditioning.

We put 165,000 miles on it before we traded it in in 1999....

Pros: dependable, good gas mileage

Cons: not enough headroom, for taller passengers

Review: My husband and I bought our 1988 Chevy Astro Van in 1992. We decided to purchase a van because I was needing something larger than a car to transport boxes, work materials, and kids in. It has really stood up to the test of time! Now, as it is just under...

Pros: Dependable, easy to use

Cons: Now that it's 12 years old, it's rickety, deteriorated, needs much repair, but still works!

Review: I still have my first Astro van in complete working order after 12 years!!! Because of its age, it's had many visits to the shop, of course, but it's still up and running after having used it almost every day for twelve years straight!!

The...