Originally Posted by MI Roadster
I think you have to pull down pretty hard when you latch it close. It always seems to slam when I do it, but seems ok.
Yes, you are right, it does take a fairly hard pull to bring it down. I have been on the verge of breaking or bending the top frame if I use any more pull than I have been using. This is definitely not right, however it does not happen every time the top is deployed.
I do like the suggestion of leaving it down and buying a spare coupe for those rainy days, and at the discounted prices I'm seeing, it just might fly with the wife.