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Originally Posted by Eratosthenes

BTW, we would be buying a smaller MH but the smaller MHs cost too much $$$, are way too small for my 6'2 foot
body, or both. Bigger with no slide = cheaper MH.

Have fun!

There are a lot of advantages beyond lower initial cost to going slideless.

I read an article claiming there are two advantages to slides: More room and higher resale value.

Personally, neither of these are very significant to me, so I wouldn't trade all the disadvantages (based on my likes) if I had a choice. I'm glad that some Class Cs are still being made without slides. In the last few years we've only seen a couple of new Class As without slides and they were a little too retro for our taste. Plus it had a corner bed.

The other thing that makes searching for just the right motorhome difficult for me is that when I think of not wanting a "large" motorhome, I'm not just referring to its length. Manufacturers seem to be stuck on that mindset. To most of them, a smaller Class A just means shorter.

When I walk up to most "short" Class As built on Ford F53 chassis at RV shows, and the floor inside comes up to my chest, and it takes 5 or 6 steps to get inside, I just lose all interest even before going inside. And it's not because we mind climbing stairs, which we do all the time.