Help: Convince me to buy an Rpod

We are looking at purchasing a travel trailer in the next month. Moving to Colorado from Georgia and plan to do a bunch of exploring. We want something that we can tow around the state/mountains including some gravel roads, with what I'm assuming will be washboard/etc. No 4 wheeling, but certainly not paved. 

The Lance 1575 is a very nice trailer.  It took me a while to decide on the Rpod 179, weighing the advantages and disadvantges of both.  The Lance is for sure lighter and brighter inside, more windows, more of an open feel.  What it came down to for me was cost, the local Lance dealer here wouldn't budge on price, so I walked, and bought the Rpod, and happy with the decision.

One of the issues here is whether there is a dealer anywhere near you for any particular brand.  I suspect this may not be an issue for those of you in the south and midwest, but out west, you're limited to what's sold in your local area, unless you're willing to buy long-distance. 

For example, I've been looking at trailers for about 2 years, and a couple things I wanted to look at were Trailmanor and Hi-Lo, but there's no dealership for either within 500 miles of where I live. 

You say you don't like the 2 person dinette, is this because you foresee large dinner parties in the TT, or some other reason?

One thing to note about CL, if you want something built different, if it can be done, they will do it, costs money of course, but they are a very proactive, small, specialty builder. When I had a couple questions about how we want/need our 21RBS built/modified, I emailed them, and in a couple hours got an answer back, from the owner himself, with an explanation of how to order the mods, and how they would be charged.

Also if you are handy, just like a house, you can pretty much change a TT to whatever you need, within reason. And if you yourself are not, there are companies that specialize in it.. :)

And.. we are also in our 5th season with our 177, not a single complaint. What we have wanted different, we have changed. But after +200 nights, still no complaints.

As far as resale value, TT's of no type are "investments" they are money pits. Just like boats or pools. (OK, I will modify that based on personal experience.. if you happen to have bought a new '53 Bambi, and still own it, and it's in good shape, you can get as much as a new one for it, easy. But you had to wait 60 years for that to happen)
 

Thanks for the opinions guys. I was hoping I'd get some commercials either way. Trying to decide, and IMO real people that review and put their money where they like are the best commercials for a product either way.