And trucks are useless as trucks because they are too tall and the beds are too short. They aren't building the vehicle I need and they are charging more for the privilege of the wrong vehicles.

I need something on the scale of an old Ford Ranger. It's going to get beat up. So no bells and whistles other than air conditioning. It needs to be priced so that it doesn't cost more than my mortgage. I need to be able to do my own repairs because I can't afford to pay someone $200 to install a $20 part.