Ellne,
We spent a year looking at these issues you mention. We opted for the BT Cruiser because of the roof, side door, and just liked the unit better. I have had Dodge and Chevy MHs before, and I must say the BT with the 450E chasis and V10 is very nice and I think we will find it really satisfactory. We decided for the 23 ft and slide, figuring for 2 feet more length we got a lot more unit. We researched all this on the Internet for a year, went to several RV shows and bought a few RV magazines with articles about these coaches. We are happy with the purchase and even drove to a dealer 200 miles away from one 4 miles from our home to get the unit we wanted! Something about territories, politics between branches of the same dealer and all that junk. Going from a 19 ft Roadtrek to a 23 ft BT Cruiser is like going from a small apartment to a big house as far as size is concerned, but the BT quality is not as good as the Roadtrek we have loved for six years. But the price is less also. Finally, we figured just go for it and enjoy!
PSW
Oklahoma City
*This Message was edited on 26-May-03 02:51 PM by PSW*