It comes out the tailgate on an avant very easily, which is why that's how it's done in the workshop manuals on the avant. Just did it again a week ago. Just watch the very edges as you bring it out as they will snag onto stuff (those spacing brackets that stick up from headliner), and you will have to give it a little flex (but not "bend") at the outer edges here and there. The cargo side panels should be out of the vehicle at this point, I don't know if they will make it harder to get it out as they are cutting into your wiggle room.