Renault Wind Service
November 12, 2024
Jonn has been servicing our 2010 Renault Wind Roadster. Here are his notes: Carry out service. Check all lights and levels. Drain oil and filter.
2010 Renault Wind Collection
Polishing Headlights
July 3, 2024
Our 2010 Renault Wind Roadster has been in the workshop so Jonn could polish the headlights.
Washer issues on our 2010 Renault Wind Roadster
June 26, 2024
John has been working on getting to the bottom of why the washers on our 2010 Renault Wind have stopped working. To check the pump,
New Springs And Some Extra Info
May 13, 2024
Julian has fitted 2 new springs to our 2010 Renault Wind Roadster. Also, we have recently been sent some information from Stephen Norman, Worldwide Marketing
A Rare Modern New Arrival
April 25, 2024
We have recently welcomed a more modern arrival into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop – our 2010 Renault Wind Collection. Only 200 of these were
Renault Wind Service
November 12, 2024
Jonn has been servicing our 2010 Renault Wind Roadster. Here are his notes:
Carry out service. Check all lights and levels. Drain oil and filter. Check over. Remove air filter and blow out. Clean and regap spark,plugs. Refit air filter. Visually inspect brakes. Fit new oil filter and refill with oil. Torque wheels and inflate tyres. Run and test. Reset service light. Locking wheel nut key back in glove box. Nearside front tyre split on inner side wall and requires replacement immediately.
Raise on ramp and look,for reported noise. Nothing obvious. Carry out road test. Slight noise on overrun when coasting. Unable to trace at present.
Polishing Headlights
July 3, 2024
Our 2010 Renault Wind Roadster has been in the workshop so Jonn could polish the headlights.
Washer issues on our 2010 Renault Wind Roadster
June 26, 2024
John has been working on getting to the bottom of why the washers on our 2010 Renault Wind have stopped working.
To check the pump, John had to jack the car up and remove one of the wheels to get access to the bottom of engine bay. After checking out the pump, he determined that the pump had failed and placed a new one on order.
New Springs And Some Extra Info
May 13, 2024
Julian has fitted 2 new springs to our 2010 Renault Wind Roadster.
Also, we have recently been sent some information from Stephen Norman, Worldwide Marketing Director, Renault, 2007-2014 who had this to say about the Wind:
“Not many people know this … !
In the years around 2010, several manufacturers were indebted to Webasto [principally known for sunroofs but in fact suppliers of many more sub-assemblies than that], because of their inability to call off the number of sunroof-equipped cars they had committed to, and that Webasto had tooled up to produce.
It is to be understood that it was not a sunroof problem but rather one of overall production volume of which sunroof-equipped cars.
In such cases significant impairment has to be paid and of course piece-costs go through the roof [sic].
Webasto had developed a retractable roof system that was both innovative and fast [12 seconds], and could be used on the move. They hawked it around the motor industry and had difficulty in finding a taker, it is easy to see why.
Renault decided to engineer a car around this roof system and both add an innovative model to the 2007 Twingo II offering [light-years away from the original Twingo], and to solve their call-off problem on this major supplier.
Thus was born the Renault Wind ….
For the anecdote both the British and the Dutch resisted the name and its connection to flatulence, but objective Marketing Research threw up no connections whatsoever. CQFD about people in the motor industry!
There was a beautiful Gordini Series Renault Wind too, very desirable at the time.”
Stephen Norman
Worldwide Marketing Director, Renault, 2007-2014
A Rare Modern New Arrival
April 25, 2024
We have recently welcomed a more modern arrival into the Bridge Classic Cars workshop – our 2010 Renault Wind Collection.
Only 200 of these were made so it’s great to see one in the workshop with us for a little while.
