As I got older, and then my little brother came along, they needed a new vehicle. The Renault threw a rod, and was thousands to fix, and the Nissan was totaled in an accident that nearly killed my dad. Our 1986 Chevy Astro CS was just like this, but it was dark brown metallic with a single gold pinstripe. The single most reliable vehicle we ever owned, we put 286,000 miles on this van from 1988 to 1998. We drove it from VA to AK in 1992, and had many memories over the years.