Don’t know anything about trucks, looking for knowledge and recommendations. My younger brother got t-boned tonight in what was my mom’s old mini-van that we had been sharing whenever we need to do any kind of hauling. I’m talking car parts, etc. My parents were still using it to move stuff to - just for the house and whatnot. I’m finishing up school and have my galant as a daily driver, but the van was my brother’s. It’s completely destroyed - definitely going to be totalled. My parents hadn’t signed it over to him yet - we have no idea how much it was actually worth. We’re kind of guessing that they’re gonna get between $2000 and $5000 for it. Kind of a broad range, but we really have no idea. Even if my parents get $5000 for it, there’s a good chance that they’ll give my brother 2-3k instead of all of it.
Well, it’s probably ultimately going to be my brother’s vehicle, but I’ll have some access to whatever he gets…and we’re thinking about getting a truck since that’s what we used the van for anyway - and we would love to be able to tow cars with it. We constantly have project cars (buying them as shells and what have you) and it sucks having to find people to tow them or get them flatbedded. We’re thinking about buying a dolly or something, probably won’t be able to get a trailer, but we would like to be able to tow one.
4wd is a must, and we strongly prefer manual transmissions.
So…what in the broad range of $2000 to $5000 is worth looking at that will be a decent daily driver, good in the snow, and have the ability to tow a car on a trailer? Not sure how manuals compare to automatics when it comes to towing, but we would really like a 5 speed if possible.