I'm going to second the commuter car folks here.

When we got the new RAV4 for my wife I was living away 8 months a year. 26-29 miles one way to town to get groceries (work was only 3.5 miles smile ), 50+ miles to get to the Costco, eye dr, or other specialists. So I decided to keep the '04 Matrix and get 37 MPG vs 21 MPG in the Tacoma and I was keeping a 50-100 mile trip off that one every time I had to go to town, plus the 50 miles a week to work and back.

Save your good truck for truck work, get a smaller car with much better gas mileage than a Ranger.

best wishes on your new career.

Geno

The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)

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