I've owned a 94 4runner with a 3.0 that got totaled from being rear ended, and a 2000 tacoma 2wd with a 2.4L
The 94 I did a manual trans swap and fixed all the broken stuff, it ran like a champ. The tacoma, i never had a problem with at all, 28 mpg and 220k miles and kept going.
This next...