I've sort of wondered this myself, as the struts for my trunk perform similarly. I have found, however, that if I pull and release the latch normally, the hood will be repositioned such that I can then pull up the trunk without having to hold the pull handle. Perhaps your situation is similar? Either that, or I guess you can just use this as a good excuse for you to drive the car. :-) ---------- Jess http://www.biddin.com/delorean/ Dale Schaub wrote: > > I bought new trunk struts from one of the distributors recommended by this > list (on this list). With the new trunk struts does a person still have to > lift the trunk lid for the first two feet to get to started on its way up or > did I get a bad set of struts? > > I'm getting the D ready for my wife to drive and I don't think she can pull > the trunk handle and lift the trunk lid at the same time.