<prompt> Human: Need cheaper options. Preferably a small truck and not too heavy on gas, so that I may work at hauling stuff, but a car would also be good too. Dont need it to be fancy. Looking forward to getting out on the road again and make some extra cash. I really need to. Would also be nice to go visit friends and family, but they live so far away. A car or truck would help so much with my biggest problem. Everything being so far. just have such hard time getting around to places. Living by myself and dont have anyone to depend on for help. Im a young male getting close to 30, I need start doing something with my life, sick of being home stuck and feeling like bum. Without a vehicle, my life choices are very limited.  <response>: I recently bought a truck for similar reasons and I found it online. If you can take your time you can find a good deal. I spent most of my time on ebay motors and carfax and checking kelly blue book online to see how they all compared, I got a pretty good sense of the going rates by following these for a few weeks before I landed a good deal on a clearance item with a dealer in my area. But right up till then I was prepared to fly to pick one up if the price was right and it all fit in my budget.Here are a few things i learned...Make shopping for the truck a regular daily thing, there are good deals, but you wont know it till you see one or two go by-- dont rush it, I learned there are lots of trucks for sale every day.Light trucks are not cheaper just cause they are smaller, in fact the market is really competitive for good ones.Buy a subscription to a bundle of VIN reports so you can verify history and mileage yourself, autocheck.com has a super useful report and you can buy a 25 report bundle that comes out pretty cheap compared to paying for one at time. I ended up running almost 17 reports once I got into the market.Once I had a sense of the market I started hitting used car lots on occasion, its not worth it to engage a salesperson unless you have a good idea what the market is IMO. 