We have had two. One went about 210K the other about 120K before things started to go to south fast.
The first one was a 1997, which was flawless, the only repairs IIRC, were an alternator, water pump, starter, and a radiator that took a projectile, ( a bolt from something punched a hole in it. The Leather seats were starting to go at 180K but for a work vehicle I just bought a pair of slip covers from cabelas and they were fine. The radio/CD player switched to being an FM only at about the same time, I just lived with it. I think I was on my third set of Michelins and maybe the second set of rotors and five set of pads. There may have been some other things, but nothing major. I retired it and sold it to a friend who needed a truck at his cabin for hauling junk etc. for a bout $500, it was on the last legs of the motor and I think he put a new one in it. but all up expenses for 210K that I owned it were probably in the 2K to 2500 range. excluding gas oil and tires.
The last one we had was nearly 100% trouble free for 110K it was a 2001, On belt, a set of brakes, a set of tires, and a seal on the front diff cover. otherwise nothing, then in the last ten K miles, it suffered several failures, the front Posi diff gave up the ghost. They said we were driving it on 4 wheel too much, and I had not had it on 4WD for a long time, just the occaissional punch in and out when starting off in snow or on a boat ramp, but it went, 1500 bucks or so for that, Then the transfer case started to act up, found out it was cycling in and out of 4 wheel on its own, (at this time my daughter was the primary driver.) that was what burned up the front diff and the transfer case, we found a used T case and that was a grand to put in. Then odd stuff started happening, Door locks going on and off, the passenger rear window up and down by itself, all this was traced to a bad default ground that was causing the other stuff. that was discovered by a kid who was a friend of Daughters and was in tech school for GM, None of the local dealers had found it. Finally at 120 K the tranny started acting up, shifting oddly etc, That was traced to a damaged control module, most likely from when the ground was bad. at that point I had lost confidence in it as a safe vehicle for my daughter and traded it off for a VW toureg diesel, which we sold back to the dealer in 18 months.
I bought a used MB m350 and love it, So far its doing great, only oil changes and a set of brakes, ( the originals had run 65K so it was due) With the kids now 18, 19, My needs for a monster has shrunk. IF someone would make a good minivan in AWD that had the guts to pull a 2500 boat, I would buy that instead. I had a couple of Aerostars in AWD and really liked them, we had one Astro Van in AWD but that vehicle sucked, you sit at an angle to the wheel, because the motor dog house intrudes too much, the WB is so short it always seems to waggle on the highway esp in the wind, and where I was working, the wind always was blowing. Mileage sucked, and it could not carry as much as Aerostar.
MY personal wish would be for someone to make a HP common rail diesel in a mid size SUV or AWD minivan that could get the 30 MPH or so and have the guts to pull a small to mid size boat. A 200 HP/350 FtPd motor would be cheap economical and have plenty of guts.
The VW we had was a great motor, but the interior made you sick. There was some smell/oil/material/fabric that would make you car sick. Now i have driven a couple of million miles for work, and I have never ever gotten car sick except in that stupid VW. And it was not just me, a buddy and I took it to Iowa pheasant hunting and he booted from the smell, at first it smells like new car smell, then it gets you ill. another couple of people who road in it got close to booting too. And it was not just my car, when i went back to the dealers the first time, they said they had a soap, it worked for a bit, then they tried some steam cleaner, then they bought it back from me.
Edit: Oh, you already did. Congrats