Hi
We have a Mazda B2500 (the same as the Ford Ranger but differant badge) We have owned it for 2 years and towed a caravan several times in the last year. As a vehicle its OK. A bit on the cumbersome side and not the best of rides, but then the Mazda/Ford is an older design and the newer pick ups are far more refined. Personally I find it difficult to park (but then I find quite a few cars difficult to park) and it does seem to un-nerve cars coming in the other direction on narrow roads (clears the roads a bit). Otherwise it is fine, easy to drive and tows well. We have been running it on 20% rapes seed oil and 80% diesal which its quite happy to do. The smoke test at the MOT was very very low. We live up in the Cotswolds which tend to suffer from snow and ice during the winter so having a FWD is handy although not really essential (without wanting to start another fisticuffs here). We had planned to buy a "demountable" which is why we bought a pick up, but decided to go for more room in a caravan, so have a cover on the back (with windows) which makes an ideal mobile dog kennel for the two rather large and hairy dogs, has come in very useful for transporting the kids stuff about everytime they move flats (which seems rather often) and house clearences which we seem to have gone in for with elderley parents downsizing, clearing out, going into care homes and sadly, dying. A useful vehicle and a good tow car. When we retire and go down to one car? Well probably that will be the time we will be searching this forum for a the right car with brillient MPG, superb towing and easy to park