Fram

Owned by conglomerate Honeywell. Maker of low quality, well marketed oil filters. Also makers of air filters that aren't that bad. Their oil filters are unlikely to ruin your engine but it's a premium priced product that is made cheaper than those costing less. Fram uses glue to hold cheap cardboard end caps on the filter media. You can spend one or two bucks less and get a filter with metal end caps. When cut open Fram's end paper caps make them look more like a roll of toilet paper than an oil filter.
My engine knocked during cold starts with the OCOD and Tough Guard. I Dumped the fram and went with Purolator Classic. No more knocking.

Fram filters are known as OCOD. Orange Can of Death. I use a Wal-Mart Super Tech before Fram.

Fram makes other relabeled filters. A good alternative is Purolator, Wix or Motorcraft. Motorcraft is made by Purolator at the time of writing.
by Harley Earl January 30, 2012
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Parade Mode

What you get with Harley owners riding five miles an hour and stopping to rev their engines every thirty feet while never leaving the block. Ridiculously slow speeds also seen with many corvette owners.
A friend pointed out he disliked obnoxious owners of sports bikes and Harley's equally. I pointed out the sports bike guys make less noisy. Also they will be ten miles down the road when the average Harley guy is just getting started with his parade mode of racket. He agreed.

Riding a bicycle 12mph in a 30 zone I passed a C5 Corvette in parade mode. Half mile later he was still going 10 miles per hour.
by Harley Earl January 09, 2012
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TransCamaro

What you call a Trans Am, Firebird or Camaro. Old GM would cut cost and makes knock-offs or variations of their own products

The Term Came about since they are almost the same cars and the owner would likely be as happy with the opposite of what they own since it's the same with exceptions being minor interior change, some trim, grill, tail-lights, wheels. These cars share many of the same components and design. This still happens but being more conscience of a wiser consumer interiors and exteriors are much different than sister cars unlike the 70s-90s.
Skeeter bought an IROC-Z and later saw a Firebird Formula in the same color. Skeeter didn't really giver a crap since both are really TransCamaros.

GM brought you the TransCamaro and the Oldsmnova. Is it a Chevrolet Nova, a Pontiac Ventura or an Oldsmobile Omega? Unless you're a collector no few care.

A Ford version of the TransCamaro was the Mustang/Capri.
by Harley Earl December 28, 2011
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