Before I bought my Tacoma, I had a Z-71. It was great, except it was a rattle trap and started having all kinds of problems at 100,000 miles. I got the Taco because 1.) it's reliable and won't leave me stranded in the middle of the god damn desert, 2.) it gets decent gas mileage - around 19mpg around town 3.) it wasn't too expensive compared to big ford / chevs, 4.) it will last forever, so I don't need to worry about finding a new car at 100k miles if I don't want to.