Locking the car with the boot open

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Hello all.

Perhaps an unusual question for such a simple thing - how do you lock the car with the boot open and the charger in place? The car is a 2015 V8 Vantage.

I have read in the manual that it's possible, but if I hit the lock button on the remote with the boot open, my car flashes the indicators to suggest unlocking and the doors remain unlocked. I have never before had a car that will 'unlock' on the lock button.

The only way that I have found to keep the car locked is to lock the car first, then open the boot via the remote. The indicators again flash to suggest that the alarm system is disarmed, but the doors remain deadlocked. If I hit the lock button in this state, the doors unlock, the mirrors unfold and the interior lights come on.

Whilst the car is in a garage, I'd feel happier knowing the car was in a proper 'locked' state with alarm system activated!

The car appears to lock and unlock exactly as you'd expect when the boot isn't open.

I am stumped!

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Thanks Dewi, that may be where I'm going wrong.

At the moment I'm just closing the boot gently, allowing it to rest on to the stops, having assumed that's as far is it should go as the manual talks specifically about not damaging the seal.