Need a pick-up? Take Top Gear's advice My 15-acre garden has some steepish slopes and I require a vehicle to help with maintaining it. I had been using a garden tractor with trailer, but when that died I began to wonder whether I'd be better off buying an elderly 4x4 pick-up for about £1,500. I wouldn't need to tax or insure it because it would never leave the premises. Can you suggest a suitable make and model? My first thought was for an old Land Rover, but would something Japanese be less troublesome? And is petrol preferable to diesel for a vehicle that will only be used for short distances? There is so much enthusiasm for old Land Rovers that they are expensive. You'd be better with a Toyota HiLux, like the one the lads at Top Gear were unable to destroy, even after drowning it in the Bristol Channel, driving it though a building and putting it on top of a block of flats that was then blown up. Most are diesel, but come from an age before particulate filters so you should have no worries there. Try www.brightwells.com or one of the Thursdsay LCV sales at BCA Blackbushe (though the trucks there tend to be a bit newer). If you're not insuring it, you will need to complete a Statutory Off Road Notification certificate. The ideal thing would be a John Deere Gator garden truck, but they are expensive.