Stevek76 wrote:Oldjohnw wrote:I was just saying that a RAV was hardly a Chelsea Tractor.
Have you seen the latest model? It's hardly a cutesy japanese small offroader anymore unfortunately.
Length: 4.6m
Width: 1.86m
Height 1.66m
~1.7t
Essentially the same size and weight as a first gen range rover (long wheelbase version) and now with one of those silly macho/aggressive (and tacky) looking front ends that seem to be so common now.
Personally I'm not going to read too much in starmer's position on transport from his car choice, ultimate transport policy will heavily depend on party as well, we can see this currently. Johnson is relatively keen on active travel but is in a party that mostly isn't and he has very little political capital left hence the noticeable backpedalling in the EAFT push in the autumn as he yielded to pressure from conservative councillors and MPs. RAV4 is rather more the choice of someone who isn't really interested than an avid petrol head.
The present shadow transport position occupants are relatively promising. Not that that matters, short of a revolution or full blown conservative implosion it's a good few years till the next GE.
Not that I said it was a cutesy small whatever....