DHC- the V8 1500 will suit you perfectly. Have had an '05 that I share and drive about 2x a month... it does fine, sure it doesn't get the best fuel economy, but if you don't have a heavy foot you'll be okay. The only hurt is each time you fill up- I drop $60 and the tank is just over half full- it's a big tank. Those Hemi's won't run you into too many problems until around 100K... but my '05 1500 did have the radio go out at about 85/90K.