Check sig for photos of my drawer-less setup. I don't leave it in and use it modularly as needed. No drawers, so I can pull out bins or other stuff and move them around the campsite as needed. I tend to try to keep weight to a minimum and low CG so an RTT isn't attractive to me. I prefer sleeping in a tent on the ground, but I have spent a couple of nights on the platform. It's a hair over the wheel well height but not by much (close to even with the outside of the wheel well and slightly over the inside)... can always make it shorter with a little cutting. At 6' I can not sit up. I use a thin pad and a sleeping bag, so no 4" mattress in the car. If you don't have too much gear (aka you're solo), then leaving a half space for sleeping one of the rear seats intact would be optimal for access, sitting up, reading, etc, kind of like this guy: Camping in the Cold at Hole-in-the-Ground - And getting stuck in the Ochoco National Forest - YouTube