Hi guys, I bought a new black 1.6 VVT S Dynamique model with leather seats (it was just sitting there in the showroom, and I decided this is mine, he he).
I traded in my yellow/black Smart roadster, great drivers car, brilliant road holding but it was as wet inside as the titanic, requiring loads of mini-dehumidifiers everywhere to suck up damp.
There does not seem that many Winds in the UK roads at present, I assume due to the initial high price tag, it has now been reduced by four grand on my model, to make it more competively priced.
First question is for admin....
Wonder if Admin could put a new section up for the Renault Wind, if it is possible.
Wind info seems to be spread everywhere on the forum rather than a dedicated section.
So back to my new car. I love it in black, It holds the road great, great exhaust sound, as its the 1.6 cleo engine, I decided on that as you can get both models ie 1.6 cleo engine and 1.2 twingo engine now for a similar price.
I went for the 1.6 cleo engine as I had read on forums that the twingo 1.2 gearbox has had quite a number of faults with clutch and box.
The interior of the car is a bit poor on the plastic, but i want to get it leather covered soon, so not bothering about the naff factory finish too much. Should be around £450 for a decent job covering dash, doors and sundries. I got that done on my roadster at that price, and it made all the difference to give it a classy look. Will be nice in the winds cabin.
The exterior of the car I do worry about, as it has no protective side strips on the doors like a lot of new cars, so you always end up with dents in the door in carparks.
I will remedy this with some stick on strips from another manufacturer like Toyota or Honda, just got to measure it up and as the car is black the strips should blend in. Good thinking in advance there.
The hole where you place your hand to open the door will get fingernail scratched after a few years, just like my old Renault 5 that I had years ago. They did do stick on chrome protectors for it, so maybe they do that for the Wind as well. will look into that.
The roof operation is brilliant, a lot less complex than the soft top roadster I had. The wind deflector is not that good, get buffeted with windows up, argh !, will consider doing a modification using some old wind deflectors I have in my garage.
I have owned convertables for years so I am well pleased with this one so far. Just hope it will be more reliable than my old renault 5.
Anyway as a new car the wind is under warrenty, so will enjoy it as its still quite a rare car on the road at present. Cheers Colin.
I traded in my yellow/black Smart roadster, great drivers car, brilliant road holding but it was as wet inside as the titanic, requiring loads of mini-dehumidifiers everywhere to suck up damp.
There does not seem that many Winds in the UK roads at present, I assume due to the initial high price tag, it has now been reduced by four grand on my model, to make it more competively priced.
First question is for admin....
Wonder if Admin could put a new section up for the Renault Wind, if it is possible.
Wind info seems to be spread everywhere on the forum rather than a dedicated section.
So back to my new car. I love it in black, It holds the road great, great exhaust sound, as its the 1.6 cleo engine, I decided on that as you can get both models ie 1.6 cleo engine and 1.2 twingo engine now for a similar price.
I went for the 1.6 cleo engine as I had read on forums that the twingo 1.2 gearbox has had quite a number of faults with clutch and box.
The interior of the car is a bit poor on the plastic, but i want to get it leather covered soon, so not bothering about the naff factory finish too much. Should be around £450 for a decent job covering dash, doors and sundries. I got that done on my roadster at that price, and it made all the difference to give it a classy look. Will be nice in the winds cabin.
The exterior of the car I do worry about, as it has no protective side strips on the doors like a lot of new cars, so you always end up with dents in the door in carparks.
I will remedy this with some stick on strips from another manufacturer like Toyota or Honda, just got to measure it up and as the car is black the strips should blend in. Good thinking in advance there.
The hole where you place your hand to open the door will get fingernail scratched after a few years, just like my old Renault 5 that I had years ago. They did do stick on chrome protectors for it, so maybe they do that for the Wind as well. will look into that.
The roof operation is brilliant, a lot less complex than the soft top roadster I had. The wind deflector is not that good, get buffeted with windows up, argh !, will consider doing a modification using some old wind deflectors I have in my garage.
I have owned convertables for years so I am well pleased with this one so far. Just hope it will be more reliable than my old renault 5.
Anyway as a new car the wind is under warrenty, so will enjoy it as its still quite a rare car on the road at present. Cheers Colin.
