Zimm, your first attempt was better than mine. I took a large j-hook (the kind you screw into the ceiling to hang things on) and hooked it into the hand-hold on the hatch, tied rope around the threaded part of the hook and hoped for the best. It worked, but flying down the highway for 20 minutes wit...

As most '09 owners (maybe other years) know, there are plenty of tie down points in the rear of the car, but there is no way to tie the hatch down if you are hauling something that sticks out of the rear- a large rug in my case. I found I could take a carabiner and click it into the latch and have a...