On the tundra/tacoma question for 10K miles a year, the difference between 12 mpg and 20 mpg at $3.50/gallon is about $1200. If you add in the cost of crashing because no brakes, I'd say stay with tundra. Or better yet buick road master.
Now if you look at 100 hours at 35 gallons per hour WOT (350hp V8) versus 16 gallons per hour (3L merc 150, 2.8L yammy i4 200hp), that's a bigger number. So my advice is to get a tacoma, if you plan to use it as an outboard engine.
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