I have the management system and have used a couple of times since March. I've not had to use it for anything major yet, but it is pretty versatile. Check out this video:

 

Maybe that would not be an actual answer you're looking for but I had the same problem. I thought about getting the cargo management system, but when I tried it, it was not convenient for my needs.

Instead I bought this: STAYHOLD? Made Possible by the VELCRO® Brand in gray color. It's super easy to use and right now I use it everyday. I hate when something generates some sound in the rear but this problem doesn't exist anymore. And it's super cheap.

 

@limulus:

Exactly what I was looking for, between those two videos.

I must have had a senior moment, when I searched the forum only, as opposed to, you know, the entire Internet.

I would've liked to see him load some plastic grocery bags in there. Does the Macan way-back area have any of those hooks up the side, the ones you can just hook the grocery bags over?

In any case, thank you very much.

@halved:

Interesting concept, but I think I'll go whole hog with the CMS.

But thanks, also, for providing the input.

 

I would've liked to see him load some plastic grocery bags in there. Does the Macan way-back area have any of those hooks up the side, the ones you can just hook the grocery bags over?

I have the cargo management system. But there's one thing I added. It's a rigid cargo organizer. Mine was left over from my X5 but it fit perfectly in the Macan. I use the aluminum cross member to hold the organizer in place, to stabilize it right next to the hatch.

I couldn't find an internet image of my organizer, since it's 15 years old. But it looks a little like this: https://www.amazon.com/Picnic-Ascot...M7ULSF0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1501450757&sr=8-3&keywords=rigid+cargo+organizer

Between the cross member and the rubber floor (flip side of carpet) the organizer doesn't move.

The organizer has 5 bins, with removable partitions between them. Plastic grocery bags fit fine in the bins. When you have somewhat larger cargo, just remove one or more partitions.

Frankly I don't understand why *every car* doesn't come with something like this, at least as an option. The alternative is for the contents of the grocery bags to roll all around the trunk area.

 

Unbelievable the cheap been counters has not provides the cealing hooks. Just seeing the bottom fastners on the back of the backseat makes me angry. Impossible to buy just the net for safety. Saab Sportswagon's has always had that safetynet as standard equipment. Is it even possible to add the cealing hooks? I am out of words. It must be more costly stocking two different versions of cealings. In my eyes this just reflect a company culture with a limited safety culture. A super profitable company like Porsche computers could spend one dollar on the cealing fastners.

 

As Trued said, there are no hooks to hang a bag. I have added a photo of mine and the metal bar can definitely be used to restrain grocery bags. There are also the straps that you can see in the youtube video. Porsche have done a fine job brainwashing their buyers into accepting the option lists or the lack of certain features because it is a Porsche. The Macan is still in the "utility" category and some things should just be included like some sort of restraint system in the hatch. If you don't get the option, you won't have the two tracks on each side either. I've seen some creative use of cargo nets for quite a bit less money.

 

Nice pic. The rubber mat fits perfectly...who makes that one?

 

There is a bag holder, of sorts, on the right side. It is a few inches forward of the right side interior light on the fender wall. There isn't one on the left side. The four ceiling fasteners for the cargo net are present on my '17 GTS - the cargo management option was not part of my build sheet.

 

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Interesting News that the GTS HAS the cealing fasteners without ordering the cargo option. Anyone with other models with cealing fasteners without having ordered the cargo option?

 

The fastners I was looking for are the ones in the cealing right behind front seat headrests and backseat headrests.
I was not made aware the ful content of this kit. The sliding dividers was most probably something Michael Maurer brought from his time with Saab. The Saab 9-5 generation 2010-2011 had thus slider system in aluminium in the trunk.

 

Thank you all, for the informative responses. I guess it takes a newb to bring up an under-discussed topic.
@PhantomGremlin, that looks like a useful and reasonably priced product. It looks like I may buy that, if the ordering process works out for my wife and me.

 

i wish i saw the CMS option on the configuration when i ordered the car

I now only have things sliding around my trunk with the OEM plastic cargo tray. i DO use some Nite Ize clips to tie down bags that can roll around though.

 

Even if you saw it in the configurator you might not have ordered it. The only picture I've seen in the configurator is from the back seats and just shows the top of the cargo net. I think there's some software that needs to be downloaded to allow better views, but I've never bothered with that.

 

Using the cargo area behind the back seats and the remarkably sturdy "lid" or shelf that covers that area, I've had no fear of being killed by my own luggage. And I had to make an extremely hard stop from speed when a black bear darted in front of the car on a remote road. The Orvis hammock I use also kept the 95-pound wolfhound from flying forward during the stop. Not sure a net would be enough in a more extreme situation like a rollover, but that's is a maneuver I have no desire to road test.

 

Would a plastic crate or crates like this work?
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilit...&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=11014785&wl13=1598&veh=sem
$3.47 each & you can buy bungee cords & secure the crates with the tie down hooks.

I've used heavy cardboard boxes in my other car for many years. For my Macan, I like to keep the cargo area fairly empty. I keep bungee cords hooked up & use the hook for plastic grocery bags. I've had success looping a bungee cord around a heavy object I purchased to keep it from moving around.

 

Will the blue ORDERLY ™ cargo control (foam and welcro) attach to the Porsche carpet?

 

Orderly + the SAAB bumper protector that also serves as a floor protector.

 

Orderly + the SAAB bumper protector that also serves as a floor protector.r

Let me know when you rebrand the Macan a SAAB...

 

Grocery Container & CMS Report

Just some follow-up info, given that I started this thread almost four months ago.

Groceries:

In the course of the thread, @PhantomGremlin (post #12) directed me to a container for groceries, noting that the one he uses is similar to this one on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Picnic-Ascot-Ultimate-Organizer-Capacity/dp/B01M7ULSF0/

What I wound up purchasing was something similar to that, but slightly smaller: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XZL6VT6/

Here's a pic of it, in the back area (with some parallax distortion from the up-close nature, that makes it seem a little larger), with some grocery bags in it:

(This can be pushed back more, i.e., it doesn't take up the full depth of the floor.)

This has been in use (mostly by my wife) for a month now, and I can report that we're very pleased with it, would buy it again, etc.

Incidentally, we generally leave this as is, in the cargo area, but it's extremely easy to fold up (or just lift out and put aside in the garage): take out the single sideways divider (two velcro strips), pull up on each of the two floor-board loops, and push the whole thing together (at which point you can fasten a plastic buckle or two, to keep it folded).

Recommended.

CMS:

We haven't used the assorted CMS pieces for anything yet, but I'm still glad we got it, because: 1) you never know, and; 2) at $390, it was one of the least expensive options you can get.

(In a similar move, we got the roof rails and crossbars, and I expect to use those, um, hardly ever. I bought a clamp-on system and topbox for our Camry, and we've used that once in eight years, but when we did so it was very handy.)

The CMS comes with that bar that you can see in the back, which can be repositioned along the tracks. And there's another gizmo for the tracks, but with a strap instead of the bar. And a net for the back-seat area or something. And a set of four tie-down clamps, I think. It even looks possible to have both the solid crossbar and the tensioned strap both in the tracks at the same time, if you wanted to position something just so, in the middle of the floor area.

Curiously, a very nice padded case and a sleeve were included, but no instructions for any of this; for that, you have to watch those videos that @limulus included in post #2.

So, nothing to report in terms of CMS use, but it's nicely made, has a lot of pieces, and is pretty cheap.

 

About placing items on the rear parcel cover:

I remember driving a hearse with an empty casket in it that was not properly secured with a bier pin in front...... this was in a '60 Cad with floppity front seat-backs (no locks). No need to lock it - I said. It won't go anywhere - I said.

Lo-and-behold..... a fire engine appears from Nowhere in the intersection, so I lock up the brakes to stop..... and ka-Whap! Mr. casket had slid forward and pushed the seat back forward, pinning me to the steering wheel with great endeavor. Surprised the shite out of me, AND.... I struggled to push the whole mess backward to continue driving.

Morals o' the story:
In a real crash, everything is hurtling forward at unbelievable, hurty speed.
If the casket was full, I might have been paralyzed.
Secure yer load, Mateys!


Thor-bob
2018 GTS with many fixin's

 

Bringing back to life a thread I started three and a half years ago (a month before my wife and I ordered our S), because the CMS worked so well for something I did today.

I replenished my garage gasoline supply (for the snowblower), in light of some expected significant snow tomorrow. You just can't beat that CMS (if anyone's still on the fence about this option):

 

Your CMS worked great for that purpose.

I have a few bungee cords & 2 cheap, plastic crates in my cargo area.
I would have attached a bungee to each gas can, through the handle & hooked them into the bars on the backs of the rear seats. (Anchor points for child car seats)

I also would probably have placed the gas cans inside a crate. My crates are secured to those same rear seat bars so they do not slide around during spirited driving.

http://goto.walmart.com/c/404739/56...utolinker&u=https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-File-Crate-Baby-Jade/337752034

 

So the CMS is $390 and the full reversible floor mat is 340/440 (can’t determine the difference). The CMS includes a reversible mat with a waterproof backing. So the system is essentially free (if you don’t have an overwhelming need for a plastic/rubber/lipped mat.

 

Sorry to dredge up an old thread, but I ordered a complete WeatherTech liner kit for a Macan I just got. If you have the Porsche cargo management system discussed here, the WT cargo liner covers the rails. Just a heads-up.

 

Looks like this system went through a major redesign. It looks more functional. Anybody using it and can attest to its usefulness, quality, etc?