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.