What car for a gardener?

[eltax91]

Hi guys

My brother in law, for several childcare related reasons has quit his job at a local plant nursery in order to look after his kids. He is hoping to pick up some regular gardening work and the odd bigger gardening job, basic landscaping etc. He urgently runs an Audi A3, but needs ideally to get something a bit more useful to him.

His max budget is £3k. He has no preference on petrol or diesel but the car must have a reputation for reliability.

His day will now look like this:-

• drop two kids at school (one in a booster, on a baby seat)

• drive to houses, cut grass, trim hedges etc

• collect kids from school

So, as you can see, the vehicle needs to be versatile, able to carry the two kids and then all the gardening kit, ideally the kit needs to be isolated from the kids, not good having it in the cabin!

One further complication is they live in terraced housing so a trailer is a no go as it ant be secured anywhere.

[eltax91]

doogz said:

Isuzu or Mitsubishi crew cab pickup?

If he can really only have one vehicle and no trailer, and doesn't want his kids arriving at school smelling like compost, it's not a bad plan. Not saying there bad to drive, just different.

And bad.

This was my first suggestion, but his main concern is being able to secure the stuff in there overnight and of course fitting it in under a flat load cover.

[eltax91]

PositronicRay said:

A trailer and a lock-up.

Won't work. The guy is working between school runs. There's an hour wasted prattling about with a trailer straight away.