2016 Ram 1500 Sport

[Jake]

I got a chime and "Check Fuel Cap" message back in February when I was driving home from my parents' place in Delaware. I think I just didn't clickyclick the cap down enough. Ended up replacing the fuel cap with a new Mopar part (for $17) as the message wouldn't go away. It finally cleared on Sunday. Not sure if I actually needed the new cap or not, but forum sleuthing says the truck requires a certain number of drive cycles to clear the message.

This wouldn't be newsworthy except I've driven the truck maybe 500 miles since February 15th, when the light set, so it's lightly annoying in that case.

I took Joe out to Green Ridge State Park in Maryland on Sunday for some (very light) off-roading. We had a friend of mine in a separate car (social distancing and all) - a Mercedes 300TE 4Matic on snow tires. That thing will go nearly anywhere. Anyway, Ram did fine on highway tires as it was mostly dirt and gravel roads with some light side trail challenges that were more fun than difficult.

There's a Shell gas station in Falls Church that has two DIY car wash bays, so I was able to go over there yesterday and use their pressure washer to get all the mud out from everywhere. Truck is freshly washed and I plan on waxing and cleaning the interior today or tomorrow. Still enjoying it after 7 months and what, 5,000 miles. It's really happy at like, half-throttle from a stoplight clicking off shifts. Taylor and Zach told me it's loud which sounds about right. Fuel economy is not good compared to my Fords but that's not... new news.