Paul and Helen,

Welcome to the RV Dreams forums.  If you've been reading much, you probably already know this, but these forums have a lot of folks with a lot of knowledge to share.  So, feel free to ask questions as you do your research and planning.

As a side note, I "edited" out the extra line breaks of your first post so that everything was closer together and easier us to read without having to "scroll" a lot.

As for that particular model, I really don't have any knowledge of it.  However, the wife and I test drove two of the Tiffin Phaetons, a 40-footer and a 42-footer.  We preferred the 42-footer because it had the "tag-axle" and was more stable when driving or cornering.  As for Tiffin, they have a good reputation as a family owned business that looks after their customers.  A couple of years ago, we were at an RV show and the dealer for Tiffin had a sign up that indicated that Tiffin was the top-selling manufacturer of motorhomes and that the Phaetons were the top selling model of the Tiffins.

With that all in mind, I think you would probably have a good choice with what you are looking at, as long as no one else comes along to rain on my comment.

Good luck with your research and planning, and feel free to ask as many questions as come to mind.

Terry