Thats a very good truck.  Depending on how old your daughter is, you may
wanna just get the 4 cylinder.  I find too many young kids driving vehciles
with way to much power...  plus the 4 banger gets better gas mileage (and
its hella reliable... but then again so is the V6).

No need to look at other makes.  The Toyota is the best truck.  Any Toyota owner
will tell you that the engines and transmissions seem to run forever, as long as
you keep the oil changed.  I also recommend that you get the Four-Cylinder
model, as it has plenty of power, and is great on gas mileage.

I was looking for a used Tacoma, a 99 or 2000 like yourself, here in
Newfoundland. They are hard to find and when you do find one, the resale
value is higher than most other trucks in that class and year. I just
entered a lease for a 2003 Tacoma XtraCab 4 cyl. No problems around the
city, the gas milage is getting better as the engine breaks in, on the
highway I have to drop it to 4th, sometimes even 3rd, to get over hills, but
I don't consider this an issue as it seems to be geared higher than my old
Z24 Cavalier was. Plus I have 31 inch tires on it.

My first tank I got 18MPG, last 2 tanks I got 20MPG. I expect 21-22 on my
current tank. Take into consideration my speedo is slightly off by 6-7% and
I have been doing some light off-roading as well on each tank.

Go with a Tacoma, I don't expect you or your daughter will be disappointed.
I researched my purchase and found the Tacoma rated #1 by Consumer Reports
and great ratings on www.edmunds.com

Cheers

honestly, you can't do better. if you can locate one that has had the
oil done every 3000 miles and the other services on time, you'll likey
get a truck that'll go 300,000 miles or better. if the oil changes and
services continue to be done on time, you- or she- can drive it really
hard, even bump it up a couple of times, and it'll go over 300 grand
without need for major repairs

My wife and i did a bunch of research and settled on the Tacoma.
Bought a 2001 two weeks ago. We love it. The other truck we considered
was the Nissan Frontier; friends have had them and they last a long
time too. We liked the Ford Ranger, but it was never as highly rated.
Everything we looked at had the Nissan rated second almost every time,
the Toyota first, with some ppl preffering the Dakota or the Ranger
instead.

In our area, Carmax only had one toyota, many many rangers. Their
prices were pretty good. The Toyota Dealer had his used Tacomas at a
much higher price than other dealerships, so we went and bought ou
Toyota from a Chevrolet dealership after finding the truck on the
Internet (autotrader).

Good luck!

John Martin

I got my 99 4x4 xtra cab new and its simply an awesome truck.  Not a single
problem or complaint in 47,000 miles.  I also leased 96 for 3 years that was
just as good.  Solid, reliable trucks that perform well.