Thank you all for responding - We bought the '01 Contessa and are pleased with it. FOR YOUR INFO RE:NORCOLD 1200 REFRIGERATOR: The reason we were looking for an RV was because the Norcold refrig in our Allegro Bus caught on fire while we were in it at 0400 hours on Feb. 1, 2012. That was after all the recalls had been done. I am a master RV tecnician and did all the recalls myself so they were up to date. I replaced the Norcold 1200 LRIM with a $425.00 Kenmore refrig and am extremely, repeat, extremely happy with it. I picked that particular model because it fit the existing enclosure very well. The only problem with the Kenmore is the door shelving which is very wide and comes with a very low retaining wall. As far as power drain, my Xantrex 2000W converter, with four 6 volt batteries, functions well with only a 1.0 amp draw when on stacdby. I would close by recommending all of you replace the Norcold and Dometic refrigs with domestic models when they fail rather that replacing the cooling unit. For you who boondock, I will run a test to determine how long my four 2010 6 VDC batteries will continue to operate the converter before it shuts down for low DC.
Jim Camarata 423-413-9866