One thing to keep in mind: The
intended jump-starting procedure on the 250 is under the hood. When designing our system we made sure there was still a means of jump starting in an effort to keep you from getting stranded. Another thing to keep in mind: If you are in a dead-battery situation you won't be able to open the rear, powered hatch anyways.
Our system does provide some limited access to the 12v battery, so if you wanted to rig up a trickle charger, etc. you will have at least some ability to access the battery. We never seem to have the photo we need, but in the picture below you can see on the left side the system's frame ends where the aluminum trim stops, with a flip-up wing to gan partial access to the battery.
A few other considerations: Our system does NOT block the vehicle-front storage cubby in the cargo area (the little cubby between the 2nd row seats and the hybrid battery) or the rear storage cubby near the hatch. I've attached a link to our overview video below where we run through all this in more detail.
As for the removal, while turnbuckles are certainly faster, you'll still need a 2nd person to help lift the system out of the vehicle and if done properly a turnbuckle will have a lock-nut on it, meaning you'll still need tools. We wouldn't expect the need to remove the system to be something you'll experience regularly, so our system might take a few more minutes on those rare occasions but we trust you'll find it to be much more enjoyable to use for other 99% of the time.
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