Fuel economy makes a real difference if you drive more than average, and it gets you out in the field more, because fuel doesn't become as big a burden.
I would like nothing more than another late '90's Taco like the one I had. Put close to 400,000 miles on it, with less than $3,000 in maintenance. 25 MPG, and I would go just about anywhere with it.
In comparison, I bought an early 2000's GMC Sonoma, and I spent about as much in maintenance in 40,000 miles. Now it is dead with a bad cylinder at 140,000 K. And it only got 18 MPG.
For a high mileage driver like me (I push 30,000 per year), buying a high end, full size pickup is just not justifiable. I want a reliable, small, economical, high mpg truck.
Pretty sure it's not going to be a GM truck, either.....
