I bought mine new back in June '05 and now its got over 65,000 miles on it. The only problem I ever had that was not my fault was the boost gauge. It crapped out. Other than that, nothing else.
My car averages around 31 mpg on the highway (33 mpg best recorded) when I don't get on the throttle. When I do get on the throttle, it drops down to around 26-28 mpg. I get around 25-28 mpg driving around and to/from work. Those numbers may be due to Highway 316 being my main way of commute pretty much everywhere I go. The worst tank of gas I ever got was 21 mpg and that was me playing at Atlanta Dragway with around 10 runs.
As far as getting an aftermarket intake, since you said you aren't going to do much to the car, I would just save the money and get a drop in filter instead. The stock airbox is good for up to 400 hp and having just an intake will not do much but set you back a couple bucks. I've hit 12.2 in the 1/4 and trapped up to 118 mph with my stock airbox on.
As far as catch cans go, you can read about it on the SRT Forums since it is kinda a heated debate and make your choice. I opted to go without a catch can. As some people have said, if the SRT engineers thought that the car needed one, they would've had one on the car from the factory. I haven't heard of a SRT-4 with a gunked up IM yet. If my IM does gunk up, the IM is pretty easy to pull off so it would not be a problem. Also, the SRT engineers say that catch cans are potential fire hazards.
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