Hey rome, thanks for the video

I have the original 48 page showroom booklet for the 993 from 1995, and the video completes it!

Yes, in the video it shows pushing down on the crest. I think the manual says to push down in the corners, but I have been pushing down below the crest, between the crest and the edge. I use the "heel" of my hand.

 

I just use my foot. It tends to latch every time using this method.

It's only a car after all.


Andreas

 

Andreas, you are so funny , you keep it entertaining

 

+1

 

Great video. Sounds like Patrick Stewart. Makes sense that Picard drives a 993.

 

The badge will go flat in time if you use it to close the lid, and using knuckes has got to be an invitation for dimples. Best method I've found is using the knife edge of your palm, (the fleshy part), one on each corner of the hood at the front edge. If you leave a smudge then just wipe off with a little detail spray. A far better alternative than a dimple or flat badge.

 

I stand in front of badge-turn around bend my knees and use heel of hand in front of badge-push down till you here the click-I grew up around Porsche's, that is the way I was told from a young lad-it will not dent the hood. The crest will break sometime in the near future if you use it a lot. Even my old Porsche dealer said not to use the crest. Been working for me for over 14 years. Go figure!

 

I used to use the badge until it flew off driving one day. I'm not sure that it is related to how I closed the hood, but I don't use that method any more. I just close it from the corners and carry a microfiber to wipe off the prints

 

I've been told by Holt to close it with the corners. Then, I was told by EPE to use the badge. I now push gently under the badge and then wipe any prints. I have very dry hands and they usually don't leave prints, but I'd rather leave prints than dents.

 

Man with the most logic behind his thinking. I don't see the point of pressing the corners down - too far from the latch. I don't press down on the badge - my bonnet is aluminium (aluminum if you must) and the safest place to push is below the badge in the middle of the bonnet where the latch is located. Don't trust everything that people say, it may not be correct.

Harry

 

Exactly. I too have seen the owners video and they talk about the extreme design work that goes into each part on a Porsche., and that even the hood crest was designed to push down on when closing the hood. However, when I do that on my car the hood flexes around the crest and I have to push harder to close (makes me nervous). Therefore,with an open palm, I push just above the latch, in between the crest and the bottom of the hood.

What other car forums talk about how to close the hood of their cars?

 

2 pages on the proper way to close a hood. In the words of Chris Walrod, "Is this a great place or what?"

Mike

 

Just don't open the hood and these difficult questions will never arise.

 

I was just thinking the same thing...

 

2 pages and no real consnsus yet. Keep it coming.