hi wind owner new here

help

it works as a reply but not a a post hmmm

anyways hi all just purchaced a wind 1.2 black collectors edition and well impressed love the car its 29000 full specs and full history yay but the problem is the wife loves it so much she wants one aswell but wont let me drive it untill i find 1 for herself OUCH any help would be great cheers

Hello and welcome. Best buy her one but get her Blue as they are best.....
I take it you were posting from a mobile. Forumotion did an update and it seems an issue. If you are on a computer there are a row of icons the last one will let you see what you are typing.

Where are we likely to see this Wind?

Barbs wrote:Hello and welcome. Best buy her one but get her Blue as they are best.....
I take it you were posting from a mobile. Forumotion did an update and it seems an issue. If you are on a computer there are a row of icons the last one will let you see what you are typing.

Ha! Barbs still under the impression that blue is best when everyone knows that red is not only best but rarest. But yes, buy your wife one too, they are rare, they're not making them anymore so get them while they're cheap (ish).

Of course Blue is best... We know you are going for the full set. (already owns 2). Still not had the rare grey join....

hi,
shes set on black and mine so have to find her one pretty soon.

hi barbs im in a town called leigh in lancashire thats where she lives she used to live in milton keynes.

Hi and welcome,

Black one for sale in North London

http://www.trianglecarsales.co.uk/used-cars/search-results?make=RENAULT

Or at least was still on the forecourt when I drove past a couple of days ago.

hi barbs im in a town called leigh in lancashire thats where she lives she used to live in milton keynes.

My first house was in Astley, just down the road from you, thirty-something years ago...

Hi and welcome to the forum, you can see we love discussing who has the best Wind colour, but don't worry we are a friendly bunch here, and may be able to help with any Wind related queries (we hope) 

As for the problem of seeing your typing, this happens on both home computer and all other devices, till you hit 'switch editor mode' icon and its sorted, just a weird function of this website.

Here is the icon.....

hi pshav
cheers for the heads up but i got a collectors one and now she has seen it thats all she wants. today i told here if you love it so much you can buy it off me and ill go searching for another one. she was like a kid in a candy store ringing everyone and telling everyone ive got a new car love it.shes been looking for a new car for years.
BUT now i have to find another one for myself now i still want a collectors edition + black so anyone out there give me a shout.
the last 1 had all collectors stuff
29000 miles
full service history
for 5k
any help please tell
anything like that im all over it

hi colin565
it seems to work i can see what im typing now cheers bud

You should not restrict yourself to the collectors edition, as far as I am aware, there is very little difference of it to other Winds.... a collectors plate number in the cabin, some red plastic over the dash cowl, and a collectors badge on the side of the Wind.

You can search Ebay, Gumtree, auto trader, etc, and check distance to car, engine size, price and mieage and colour that you want.

Things to check: the Wind suffers from non robust front mechanics, so check front Shock absorbers, coils, wishbones, CV joints and CV covers. 

Rear end does not get so abused but worth checking.

Also Alloy wheels due to sticking out design get bashed a lot off kerbs, so check them out.

Other than that both 1.6i and 1.2i engines seem robust enough, but most are coming up for a cambelt change at year six, costing at least £300 to change on 1.2i and likely dearer on the 1.6i. So check service history.

Or go for a Gordini  they are numbered and I think carry all the extra apart from the Wind deflector. But you have to like the stripes

Barbs wrote:Or go for a Gordini  they are numbered and I think carry all the extra apart from the Wind deflector. But you have to like the stripes

No, you have to love Malta Blue (which is a nice colour) or black.  The stripes can be removed from the outside.

Has anyone got the wind deflector?

I only remember one member on the old website ever getting the elusive wind deflector, as it cost a fortune for what looked like a small napkin 

Araf wrote:

Barbs wrote:Or go for a Gordini  they are numbered and I think carry all the extra apart from the Wind deflector. But you have to like the stripes

No, you have to love Malta Blue (which is a nice colour) or black.  The stripes can be removed from the outside.

There is a White Gordini with black stripes. 

Think all the cars we will see next week are Gordini or Collection

colin565 wrote:Has anyone got the wind deflector?

I only remember one member on the old website ever getting the elusive wind deflector, as it cost a fortune for what looked like a small napkin 

Still available but the price went up even higher.

hi thanks for the replies guys

some one selling there collectors edition stated this over non collectors edition "limited edition has heated leather seats, sports steering wheel, 17" alloys instead of 16", gloss black roof instead of matt black, chrome wing mirrors & boot cowls instead of same colour as rest of the car, red and black interior instead of just black, mp3 player with inbuilt bluetooth etc"

so think ill go for the extras why not if its true that is.
also ive tried all the auto trader parkers rac gumtree(thats where i got mine from) and all other sorts of sites, i saw a few around but expensive with 60000 + on the clock. i have my eye on one so far but hes waiting for his new car before selling it but hes been waiting for over a month now aaaggghh

cheers for what to look for on the wind i couldn't find anything like that so will come in usefull the next time i find a wind.

cheers all

hi barbs,

can you give me a link to where they are for sale only seen one on e bay for £160

moggie007 wrote:hi barbs,

can you give me a link to where they are for sale only seen one on e bay for £160

if there is one for £160 go for it.

I think they were about £300

moggie007 wrote:hi thanks for the replies guys

some one selling there collectors edition stated this over non collectors edition "limited edition has heated leather seats, sports steering wheel, 17" alloys instead of 16", gloss black roof instead of matt black, chrome wing mirrors & boot cowls instead of same colour as rest of the car, red and black interior instead of just black, mp3 player with inbuilt bluetooth etc"

so think ill go for the extras why not if its true that is.
also ive tried all the auto trader parkers rac gumtree(thats where i got mine from) and all other sorts of sites, i saw a few around but expensive with 60000 + on the clock. i have my eye on one so far but hes waiting for his new car before selling it but hes been waiting for over a month now aaaggghh

cheers for what to look for on the wind i couldn't find anything like that so will come in usefull the next time i find a wind.

cheers all

Mine is GT Line  I have:-
Heated leather seats, sports steering wheel (I think) 17" alloy don't have the gloss black roof or the chrome mirrors or chrome cowls, I do have inbulilt USB and bluetooth.  There were a lot pre registered that had the extra added just to get them on the market and sold.  I have added after market parking sensors

cheers barbs for the info
i think i will pass on the deflector still dear for me for a bit of mesh lol
(oops the deflector was for a megane sorry)
cheers

edit is youre wind 1.2 or the 1.6 and is the gt for both engine sizes

moggie007 wrote:cheers barbs for the info
i think i will pass on the deflector still dear for me for a bit of mesh lol
(oops the deflector was for a megane sorry)
cheers

There is a bit of a draft in between the seats reflected of the rear windcreen but to be honest it is a open top car and there is nothing nicer when stuck in traffic looking up at a clear blue sky.    Now if you want a really rare one try and find the brown one...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201604022553529?model=wind&page=5&postcode=DN4%205BN&body-type=convertible&radius=1500&search-target=usedcars&sort=default&onesearchad=new%2Cnearlynew%2Cused&make=renault&searchcontext=default&logcode=p

Black Gordini?

cheers barbs

but my limit is 5k forgot to mention that but nice car very nice

cheers again

the car thats on my radar i a collectors edition 35000 miles full service history and too boot £4250

NEW WIND DEFLECTOR...Just cannot see it making a difference 

colin565 wrote:NEW WIND DEFLECTOR...Just cannot see it making a difference 

i did experiment.... I bought a sun shield you know the type you put in the back of cars to protect kids.  I slotted into the into the rim around the parcel shelf and it just fitted to the roof of the car it did have some affect the problem was the wind eventually unhooked it from the roof and it would start flapping around so gave up.