New RPOD 179 Owners yesterday - Event Date: 12 Aug 2016

You'll love your 179.  This mattress is awesome (10inch spring version) and I like it better than any mattress I've ever owned.  I have some lower back issues.  This mattress is firm yet soft and comfortable, not hot like some of the memory foam versions out there.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JRHI1LM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

About the mattress, I found a 8 inch memory foam short queen for around 240 dollars there are other options but I was concerned about weight and height. Love it.on Amazon.com.

Welcome Jay and M&M! Enjoy your PODS! Heading to UP soon,too!
Happy trails a

You will probably go by our place on your way to the U.P. if you take US-31, we are about 30 miles north of Traverse City in a small town called Kewadin, by Torch Lake.  We do a fair amount of camping in the U.P., would be neat to hook up.

Nice pick on the 179.  Cannot answer #1 since we haven't added stuff to our walls.
# 2 our 2011 model was special ordered w/o A/C so no answer there either.
# 3 We have used Macguiar's Ultimate Liquid Wax, leaves the finish feeling like a baby's butt.  If we get tree sap and other nasty stuff on the roof, which happens a lot when camping, will use clay bar to clean off the gunk, and then the Macguiar's after to protect the finish.  For decals we use Protect All 1/x per year, on year #6 with our pod, decals still look great (don't use the clay bar on your decals, may be rather harsh on them).
#4 This was my first mod done on our 177 back in 2011.  After 3 nights camping on that  "so called" mattress, I found myself sleeping in a hole/depression next to my DW, now I don't mind cuddling but we found ourselves unable to move apart, the mattress was garbage.  Ordered a "mattress in a roll" from Camping World.  A bit pricey but just as comfy as our pillow-top mattress at home.  Nearly 5 years old, been used a lot, and feels just as comfortable as when we first purchased it.
#5  Propane, propane, propane.
#6 Only have cats, when we go on vacation, they take care of themselves, we just leave a big bowl of water out for them, they catch their own food, as they are outdoors all the time.

Am sure you will get many different responses, not saying our's are the only correct ones, but they have worked well for us since we picked up our 177 back in March of 2011 in the town of Escanaba, up in the U.P.

Our TV has a 3.5L V-6 with 290 HP, tows well for us.