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We seriously looked at Newmar, but couldn't go on a factory tour because we had a young GD with us. The Torrey Pine was the mid-range if I'm not mistaken. Didn't like the elect plug on the outside of the coach. DRV puts their's into a rear compartment.

We have been on the Carriage factory tour and the DRV factory tour twice. After going through Carriage in 2008, we decided to stick with DRV. Carriage shell was limited with insulation.

We just traded our custom 2009 MS (after 5 years of ownership) for the 2014 MS Estates.

We had a 5500w Onan generator, but never used it while traveling. The R-16 insulation in the walls and 2 AC's and 2 furnaces, it wouldn't take long to cool or heat up depending on the season.

All cabinets are solid maple wood, but the slide surrounds on the MS wasn't. I believe Elites were all wood including the slide-out surrounds.

The SB side bath plans didn't have bathroom access with slides in, but we could pull into a Rest Area and use our own BR with just a few buttons pushed.

As for stopping at night, we have pulled into a space and not unhooked when we were in a rush. DH would put the front down legs to get a little more level so we could sleep without rolling out of bed. But in the last couple of years, we usually got into the habit of unhooking, fueling up without the RV and then hooking up first thing in the morning to go on the next leg of our trip. Makes for a more restful trip.

Furniture is easy to switch. We've had different residential loveseats, recliners and end tables. We moved all of those into our new unit because we were more comfortable with our own furniture layout than with the new Lane furniture.