Rick, I just purchased a Gen2 v8 4x4 and I love it. I went all the way to Illinois (being from GA, that was a hell of a drive) to get her, red Limited with 100k miles, owned by an employee's wife at the dealer I bought it at. Here's my first impressions - the trans was obviously not reprogrammed; I have the issue where it doesn't shift out of 1st smoothly and it also slips getting up to speed on the highway, so I have issues with 1st and 6th that I am going to have a dealer look at soon. Everything else (besides a squishy brake pedal) is awesome. I get 19.9 MPG as reported by the computer and it runs great. No leaks, 4x4 works well, and it's very smooth and comfortable. I'll keep my 5.0 Gen1 but I love this as my new daily driver.