Hmm... have to say I could pretty much get the latches to miss if I dropped the bonnet on mine, which is why I was told to close it without the aid of gravity. I guess it's whatever works for you and your bonnet  

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Don't know quite how I landed on this discusion however my bonnet took a bot of closing, no drama when driving it however horn sounded when I went to remotely lock it and whilst the bonnet seemed to be closed it actually wasn't. Glad I didn't drive off with it in thsat state.

A good bit of effort to close the bonnet was all that was needed. Note to self to remember in future!!! Jaguar XKR Convertible
MY 2012 Range Rover Sport TDV6 Autobiography in Fujian White....Mmmmmmm
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BMW 530i
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Best to let it slam closed................................. I think it was RRUK who closed it gently and then pushed it home and ended up with a large dent in the bonnet. I had the bonnet lift up onto the safety catches in the first week of ownership of my TDv6. Dealer took the car in for a look and said that I just wasn't closing it hard enough. I don't like to let the bonnet drop too hard so now I let it drop from about a foot and then gently press each side to check that the safety catches have engaged. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Yep Tim, That's exactly what I do now.
Haven't had a repeat of the incident since. 2013 Discovery HSE Luxury - 3.0 SDV6 - Santorini Black
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GONE - RRS - 2.7 TDV6 HSE - Java Black (2007)
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I slam it shut it's to light to drop it and close by it's self RRS TDV6 Gone but still around
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Autocar mag had their's lift onto the safety catch on the @ring during 120mph flat out run in thier test Supercharged! It caused them to slow down very qucikly and that was when they made comments about how good the RRS brakes are! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW