Looking at entry level Class As.....

Effy wrote:



Yes the seats will rotate 180 degrees. It's a bit of a puzzle between sliding the seat back before you start the process, move the arm rests up, tilt the seat a little forward, rotate, and tilt the seat back. Once finished my seat reclines pretty far to be comfortable and faces the living area. On the passenger seat it's much easier but you may need to remove the arm rest on the sofa - yes it comes off for this purpose and to offer more leg room when the sofa converts to a bed.

As far as Jacks - when the 29.1 came out in 2012 jacks were an option with paint. An expensive option (like $8k). So it's not surprising you don't see many. My 29.1 didn't have them. I didn't really miss them. I wouldn't mess with after market jacks, just get some leveling blocks. You put these on the low spot and drive the offending corner up on the blocks. They are a bit like giant legos. Most sites I've ever camped were level enough (you need to be fairly level even with jacks) and were only off slightly so blocks worked fine. Process only took a few minutes. Lots of folks out there without jacks still camping just fine.

In more recent models jacks became standard but if you paid attention to MSRP it got baked into the price. The price you will find a 29.1 for was gone because they started making options standard. The MSRP on a 2013 was about 9k higher than in 2012 and this is one of the reasons.

Also the ACE does offer a paint option but you won't see many of these. The tan and taupe colors you see aren't paint. It's tinted gel coat. The white units simply have clear gel coat, the off color ones have tinted gel coat, but it's not paint. Not that it really matters but some people will try and sell it as paint and it isn't so just a note to the wary.

Any ACE model is perfectly suitable for 2 adults and 2 kids. There is plenty of storage, sleeping, and space to be comfortable.

Like everything, it's compromise. You have a budget and a particular range of years you are after. If you had deeper pockets sure you could buy a bigger rig, or if you wanted to adjust your range to older units you can go bigger but older.

But for the criteria you chose , the ACE is a good option.

Thanks so much for taking the time to type all that info out. Now that you mention the armrest coming off on the couch, I do remember that the driver's seat was hitting that as well, preventing the rotation.

I googled the driving blocks. Seems like an easy enough solution. A buddy of mine with a large RV was saying that the electric/hydraulic levelers were "must have," but those driving blocks look like an easy enough solution.