I feel your pain. I sold my AF 990 camper and replaced it with an AF 27-5L. I do miss my camper in many ways, but don't miss it in the ways you mention. We DO love the 27-5L along with the much easier hook up and go qualities! It has been a great camper for our "glamping" trips, but we do miss some of those off-road journeys we had more often when we had the TC. We considered getting a Northstar camper, but then realized the hassle it would be removing the fifth wheel hitch and truck box everytime we wanted to boondock. So, we are in the process of buying a T@B with the Outback axle for those "out-in-the-weeds" trips. We did consider the new Airstream basecamp, but the T@B seemed to fit the need just as well and was significantly cheaper.