I'll agree with one of the above posters on the Astro.
I had a 96 Astro AWD, and it was a great van. The AWD would go anywhere, haul anything (with the trailer pkg 3.73s and G80, class 3 hitch), and got decent mileage. Hardly had to put money into it.
But, I know Im gonna get laughed at, the best car I've owned is... a Ford Escort. 94 LX 5 speed hatch. Picked it up for $500, low option car, no power anything except mirrors, and that car got me 37+ (thats average, not highway) mpg, never burned a drop of oil, had 167k on it, fixing anything was easy.
Lost that car in a flood. Water went right up as high as the roof. Miss the darn little bugger.