HI Jeff
Thanks for the reply. I will probably post again late on Friday. The deal is... My girlfriend lives in Atlanta, and I am in DC today. I am going down for the weekend, so I will see her/the car late on Fri. Between your post to me and your previous post I may be able to reset the thing.
More details. I actually don't know which series her car is. (Shame on me) And, she tells me the top cover is latched closed (bummer) But I gather there is a relase in the trunk.
More details than you need to know: She actually got really mad at me because (for expediance sake) I said she got the top "stuck on the ceiling of the garage," instead of: "it got hooked on the emegency relase leaver of the automatic gargage door openner." She thought that saying ceiling made her look dumb. She is actually really smart. And, like our cars, she is German (gray marketed German, not original US).
So, anyway.... I really appreciate experts like yourself giving a hand like this. Thanks Tons!!!!!
Joby