Second update:
Put this on hold for a while because I was occupied with other things. Yesterday, though, I was waiting at the longest traffic light of my life. About 4 minutes in I decide to try to drop it and it works (of course the light turns green right when I do it). The only difference from the other times is that I had been driving the car around for most of the day.
This morning when I start it, the top will not drop. However, about 30 seconds later at the first stop sign, it does work and the top comes down. What
Anybody have any clue as to why it's working intermittently or seemingly only after the car has moved? Btw, thanks for all the responses so far.