I have a 1996 Aerostar AWD extended van because of a bad shop, the guy I bought it from had it sitting in his yard for a couple of years so I stopped and talked to him about it, seems he went to have the oil changed and they told him he had water in the oil, so he parked it and bought another, I said, ok, took a chance and now I have put over 50 thousand miles on it, no problems at all, no water in the oil, put a new battery in and drove the heck out of it.
I paid, exactly $100 dollars for it and have owned it for over 6 years now, and drove it back and forth between Montana and western WA several times.