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It is unfortunate that we can't just nip down to our local Renault dealer and order a Twingo, but that's not to say you can't adopt one of your own. In this section, we aim to give you all the advice you need to find, buy, import, register, import, and look after your Twingo. We welcome input from anybody who has already adopted a Twingo so that we build up a nationwide list of dealers, insurance companies, and specialist organisations that give the Twingo owner the best deal. Whatever your experiences, good or bad, we look forward to hearing from you; likewise if you are a supplier to the Twingo fraternity, please get in touch.
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Politics - How to get paid huge sums to do very little
Early in the year 2001, Twingo Club GB wrote to two Members of the European Parliament - one Conservaitve and one Labour - raising a number of points affecting the import of vehicles from European Union countries. MEPs were selected in preference to MPs because, as stated elsewhere in this section, importing cars is one of the many areas where UK and EU law contradict; such as the fact that EU law insists that a vehicle is insured in the country of registration and yet UK law won't let you register a car that does not already have a UK insurance certificate.

The Conservative MEP, Daniel Hannan, referred the matter directly to the British Civil Service, which replied telling us pretty much what we already knew, and also very kindly sent a copy of the DETR document "How to Import a Vehicle into Great Britain" which we have filed along with the copy of "How to Import a Vehicle into Great Britain" that we already had.

The only point made a little more clear is that the European Cerificate of Conformity is valid in countries where steering wheels are in the same place as that of the car to which the C of C refers, hence the existance of the Certificate of Mutual Recognition. On the same subject, Mr. Hannan was unable to explain why the registration process needs to go through two different government agencies at extra cost the importer; suggesting what the politically sceptical amongst us would have guessed already: that the Civil Service makes jobs for itself to make sure it has things to do.

To read the letter received from Mr. Hannan, click here, and to read the reply from the DETR, click here.

The Labour MEP Mark Watts did absolutely nothing. No attempt to answer any of the questions raised, not even an acknowledgement of having looked at our letter. Perhaps his reply was lost in the post. Or perhaps he's working on the legal contradictions as we speak. Nah, who are we trying to kid. With the vast majority of cars in the UK still bought from UK dealers, there are insufficient votes in the imports.

At this point, we will reflect the comments made about politicians during the 2001 General Election campaign by Comedian Mark Thomas, and leave it there.

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