The Taco may have been the best of the compact pickups however, it doesn't make it a good vehicle, nor was the compact truck segment all that great for that matter...Just not a good segment IMO(just sayin'). Kinda like todays subcompact CUV segment(HR-V, CH-R, CX-3, KICKS etc). They're just not good vehicles for the money.
I don't want to get crucified here, it's just an opinion!
I guess that the Taco's have their following and were rugged a H***L but, I personally liked the S-10(back then) for their overall comfort & ride, bla-bla-bla. But, they could have been a disaster of a vehicle to own. We had a '93 S-10 and it was a nice car...Oops, I mean truck. Actually, the S-10 was a better car whereas the Toco was a better truck, no doubt!
And we didn't have any real issues to speak of in the Chevy considering we drove it for 10 yrs. But, it was only a transportation device & Home Depot vehicle for the small stuff that wouldn't fit in a car. We bought the Chevy cheap and sold it cheap. It was a kinda cozy car(I mean truck) to drive in that relaxed sorta way.
Pretty comfortable, pretty quiet, good 4.3 V6 and my wife didn't hate driving it.