Originally Posted by
Altair 4
Not sure about your Subie, but I take our Kuat off our Nissan Rogue when we're not actually carrying the bikes as I live in fear of either of me or Mrs. Altair forgetting it's back there,
and hitting the inside release for the powered liftgate 
. Don't know how bad that would be and I don't wanna find out either.
I was on a trip with a friend of mine who kept doing that with bikes on the back. She has some gouges and dings to show from it.