Its been a good turck my 1999 Ford ranger. got 174K out of it with no problems. just last sunday went out to start the truck and the motor had a bad knok. Looks like its time for a new truck. Been out looking.
My CPA says uncle sam will give me a 50% right off the first year on any new truck. They want prople to buy new things.

This is my short list.

New Ford ranger $ 19K Nice truck. ***
New Dodge tundra $ 21K Nice truck. **
New Toyta tacoma $ 25K Very nice truck. *****

I think that the Toyta Has the best truck after test drives.
5 speed auto trans. v6 extend cab with rear doors, all power. One cool part about the Toyota was they have a 120v out let in the bed. you can plug in a drill or saw or what ever.

Any info will help.

Best

Ron