Enjoy the 981. I purchased a 981 Max new in 2005 and had it until Feb of 2014. We really enjoyed it, but wanted more room so traded it on a TT. Then I miss d having a TC so now I have the trailer and the older Lance 880.
To me the 981 Max was the ideal TC. It was not too big, with the single slide you had access to the toilet and reefer with the slide closed, you could tow with a 24" extension, and it fit almost anywhere.
BTW, at least when we purchased in'05 the definition of "Max" was that there were hardly any options. Everything was "standard." I believe the generator may have been the only option on the Lance invoice. Convection oven, carpet kit, Saniflush, etc. were standard.
The other interesting thing, at least at our dealer was that they had both the 981Max and 1181Max in stock. They were priced exactly the same. We went with the 981 because at the time my wife thought she'd be towing a horse trailer.
