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    Posted: 24 Dec 2009 at 2:20pm
The MPG des not have as pronounced a round shape - it is 'flatter' on top 'longer' ... giving for more head room between 90% of the interior area.
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I like the layout of the 182 Heartland.  It has the Queen Bed in it and also no slide.  Wonder if they take trades? List price for the camper is about $18,150 and selling for $11,410 not bad at all.  I would want to see it in person to see how much head room is there as I'm 6'4"
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Price will be very close .. www.wholesalervclub.com has them on pre-order...

It should be a good 'war' between the two companies to continue to improve their products...
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    I was searching the web for some information on the MPG. The best I could find was from Trailer Hitch RV Center , they have a good discription and pictures. Looks like a good trailer, I think the price will be higher than the RPod.       David
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I noticed on the MPG that they have white cabinets kind of like the kind Forest River stopped making.  I'm not a big fan of that model as I did not want Bunks but was looking for a Queen bed.
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Wow, I like 'em both.  With add-ons I wouldn't want to pull the Visa with a 3500 pound tow-rated vehicle, but you might get away with it if you were really careful not to load it with junk.  And I still like the 'pod better than the mpg.
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Only one thing I see that I like better in the MPG is the vinyl flooring.  I love the look of wood.  I have it in my own house.  We tried to get it in the R-Pod but couldn't get it with the dark cabinetsAngry  Otherwise, I think it does look very similar to the R-Pod.  The lighter cabinets are nice, but not as rich looking as in the R-Pod.  The cabinets in the MPG looks just like all the other TT we looked at.   It does look like the ends are not as curved as in the R-Pod.  I like the looks of the R-Pod better. 

The Visa at 20' is bigger then what we wanted.  We wanted something that we could push around by hand.  At 20' there are "others" sold out there in that size that have the dual axles.  I definitely like the fiberglass walls in the shower.  I often thought the shower walls in the Pod wouldn't hold up as well, until I visited my Aunt & Uncle in MI and looked at their TT with the same type of walls and they still look good.  There TT is at least 20 yrs old.

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I was in one last weekend at the Lousiville RV show... it is very nice, they made many improvments over the r-pod (granted they copied it verbatium) but in the RV world manufacturers are always copying 'floorplans' - that is nothing new there. The overall quality of the interior appliances, sink, floor covering etc is very high. Forest River would do well to up their quality as well and make a great product even better.
 
Of even more interest to me was the Gulf Stream VISA .. that was impressive. Under 2700lbs, 20ft, great exterior 'retro' styling and at least twice the interior space of the MPG and r-pod... and a real awning included
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