Maybe a stupid question, but why not press down on the emblem?

 

steve i was told that on the older units 86 and a 76, never thought about on the 01, but gee way not??

 

The latch itself is in front of the emblem, and there is relatively less metal under the emblem than where the latch is. You risk making a depression at the level of the emblem if you push too hard on it.

I just went out a did this: closed the lid by pushing on the emblem, and closed the lid by pushing on the front edge of the lid. The lid closed with less pressure by pushing on the front edge of the lid where the latch is, compared to pushing on the emblem.

Or Steve Harris could put a handle on the inside of the lid and ask his wife to pull it closed!

 

sorry thats only done outa state we all those safty laws in calie

 

Yep.

 

I'm enjoying some of the answers...thanks for bringing some humor back to the thread! I feel a bit better that some others may have learned something about this too.

 

It doesn't take much effort to push down, I push on the emblem if the car is clean and below it if it's dirty.

 

I bought my 993 a long time ago (since sold...loved that car..) and the guy from whom I bought it, bless him, explained the ins and outs of closeing the hood and the engine bay correctly. It was my first P car. I started well I guess in hindsight.

One does not slam the car. Anywhere. Ever. I am amazed the thread owner admitted to that and that he tried it several different ways because, think about it, what on a 996 needs to be forced? Nothing. The engineering on these cars is beyond superb.

So if you are slamming anything on these cars, you are making a mistake and need to take a second to think about what you are doing. Sort of like forcing things getting the airbox in or out...there is one fluid motion and voila. Same with the hood.

Put it down until you hear/feel it click/latch. Then you gently press it in until it clicks shut. I was taught to do what Dock (Atlanta) advocated.

The emblem issue is something that is this...the part was not designed to take that force. So you push on it and cannot see anything. I suspect you are slowly damaging the hood or crest system in some way....bent crest....creased hood, cracked paint, crest retention breakage...etc. On the 993 I was told I'd dent the hood. So, I never push the crest. Fixing the hood seemed too expensive to justify the avoidance of fingerprints. I got one of those hoodliners too...to save my hood from dents. Clicked in...as I use my car and carry stuff in the hood all the time. Nothing like Steve Harris does, though. He takes the cake in luggage use of a 996TT.

So, my car has fingerprints on the hood almost all the time because after I wash my car, I dry the areas under the hood that stay wet and get water marks...

Rule...if it is a user activity (hood, door, steering wheel, radio, glove box, seat..don't slam it. Slammed parts are expensive parts.....just my pov. To be fair, seemed odd at first to me too (the hood thing).

JB

 

Steve, I've always just pushed the hood down, then just "clicked" it in place by adding some pressure with my fingers by the edge of the trunk closest to the bumper...

 

Thanks guys...the previous owner did tell me not to push down on the hood crest, so I did know that ahead of time. My newfound finesse at closing the hood should come in quite handy.

 

Bingo!

You don't want any smudges on your clear bra!

Justin