Yep, keep it simple. And have a base model diesel w/ a manual transmission.
—”w/ a manual transmission.”
You might have to wait a while on the stick shift.
“In 2021, stick shift enthusiasts comprised only 0.9% of the U.S. auto market. By 2022, that number jumped to 1.2%, and sales figures for the first few months of 2023 indicate that the proportion has already hit 1.7%. This is still very marginal, but it does represent an increase of nearly 89%. “