looking for a tacoma

[mitsuGTvr4]

Hi, I have a Mitsubushi 3000GT right now, and i plan on keeping it, but as im going to college in the virgin islands, I want to get a tacoma. the reason for that being is because down there, the roads connect at funny angles, and w/o a truck, almost any car will bottom out. So I know people down there who say the tacoma is best b/c after u use it, u can sell them for more than u get them for uphere.
So waht can you guys tell me about ur tacoma? are they reliable? are the manual transmission models good? is there any year that is better than others, and is there anything that goes wrong onthem, or anyting u have to look for when shopping for one?

thanks in advance

alex