re: Buying a Used Tacoma--best year?

second gen (05-15)supposedly has frame issues. If one of these is considered make sure the frame is inspected. People claim the second gen had the best engine, the 4.0. The first gen 3.4 V6 was a decent engine as well. A lot of people complained about the lack of power and weird shifting with the 3rd gens (16-23). I would not recommend a 4WD, but looking into a prerunner. The prerunner has almost everything the 4WD has except the front diff and transfer case that s 4wd has. The 4 banger is fine if it is a 2wd single cab, other than that it id very underpowered. Tell him/her to read the tacoma forum.