How to close the hood properly

[dr. d]

Just purchased a new City and agent told me that it's safer to just drop the hood...

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What's the proper way of opening and closing my car's hood? | TopGear PH

you can lower it manually until it sits. then put a little weight on the front edge with one's hands until it locks.
if that don't work, try dropping it from a height of 6-12 inches.

there's really no hard and fast nor prefered method.
my method is, "whatever works".

but if the front end had been previously deformed... all bets are off!