Yeah, but I also had two IFS chevy trucks, a '92 z71 that I put a 4" lift on/33's and a '97 Sierra and took those trucks off road three-four more times than I did the tacoma and those trucks never really got out of whack the way the tacoma did. But yeah, that was a really smooth running truck.

I might pick up a '97 4runner with the 3.4 and TRD supercharger. It's got 146k on it, but it drives and handles like it's got half of that on it. Whatcha think? That supercharger's pretty cool. You can definitely tell the difference between a stock 3.4 and that motor.

NO..

The 3.4L is a pretty popular swap for the 2nd gen 4runners because of the power and fuel efficiency, add a supercharger = more fun. They can tow quite a bit, especially supercharged. The 3rd gens are nice. Mileage is not to much of a concern to me on most Toyota suv's and trucks. They can take a lot of abuse, but everything has it's limits. As long as the previous owner did regular maintenance, it should run for a long time.

I've owned a '91 Land Cruiser with over 250k, my '88 4x4 pick-up has over 300k miles, and a '94 4runner with 200k+. You can see why I am bias toward Toyotas. Not to much of a GM fan since I worked for an auto parts store for 6 years and sold mostly GM parts, no exaggeration. I'm not trying to bash GM products, just stating a fact. #1 GM suspension part I sold were ball joints, #2 control arm bushings and the list can go on. Rarely did I sell suspension parts for Toyota trucks/suvs. My pickup still has most of the original suspension up front except the tie rod ends, which surprises me since that truck has been beat up so many times off-roading. I would do a research on Google on whatever you decide. Good luck with your decisions. Check out this cool video: Top Gear Toyota

Jeep = junk

I passed on the 4runner... gonna be picking up a well maintained 2002 Tundra with the 3.4, 4x4 and 84k on it this monday. After thinking about it, yup, the 4runner I was interested in was definitely a great looking truck, but it just had too many miles on it and that supercharger... ah, as peppy as that truck was with it, I'd just have added maintenance (and possibly problems) to worry about it.

I'm gonna be happy with the tundra - that 3.4's definitely good enough to pull my single axle 'cat around and I'll be satisfied wit getting 19-22 mpg out of it for the next 300k miles...

i would say no

too much for something without the torque or the horsepower

my buddy had a jeep that we used to tow jet skis with no wait we used to have jets skis that towed my buddys jeep

jeeps are awesome but tow horrible you will be all over the road even worse in some texas wind i think its a bad idea only using jet skis as an example