what does rice means?

[Mr Devil]

OK so the camaro is better in many ways but yur gonna spend half yur fukin budget goiin to the garage to repair it cuz its and american car...

American car = POS (Piece o S***)

Hey some civics are super good ok... a modded civic doiin the 1/4 mile in 10 is fakin good!


thats all show

 

[Mr Devil]

OK so a Camaro is better in many ways... Still a civic can be fakin good! Dont tell me a 10 sec 1/4 mile aint good... BUT! some are just show and that sucks... A cool paint job dubs and a good sound system dosent mean it aint good...

N-e-ways Japanese cars are way better cuz they last...
Fakin american cars allways break down...

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by Mr Devil
OK so the camaro is better in many ways but yur gonna spend half yur fukin budget goiin to the garage to repair it cuz its and american car...

American car = POS (Piece o S***)

Actually you'd spend more repairing an import. Domestics are very cheap to repair.

My S2000 was expensive as **** to fix stuff on, and my Lexus is also expensive. The two Z28's, and Trans Am, I've owned are not nearly as expensive to repair/fix. They're also a lot easier to work on yourself.

I will agree that American cars are pieces of ****, though.👍 Most all imports have a much better build quality than American made cars.

 

[Super-Supra]

Originally posted by Josh
Actually you'd spend more repairing an import. Domestics are very cheap to repair.

My S2000 was expensive as **** to fix stuff on, and my Lexus is also expensive. The two Z28's, and Trans Am, I've owned are not nearly as expensive to repair/fix. They're also a lot easier to work on yourself.

I will agree that American cars are pieces of ****, though.👍 Most all imports have a much better build quality than American made cars.

Rich Bastard.

 

[Famine]

Generally speaking, the more reliable a car is, the more expensive it is to fix when something DOES go wrong - thing is this is also reflected in the service prices (and if you don't have it serviced properly, it goes wrong more often).

My teeny tiny Ford Fiesta costs half as much to service as a Honda Jazz. But then again it's paying a visit to Ford every month these days (this morning my throttle stuck open - that was fun).

 

[moshter11]

IMO the only ricers are f-ing Americans..i dont see asians rice...AMERICANS ARE RACIST!!!

 

[halfracedrift]

Originally posted by Famine
Generally speaking, the more reliable a car is, the more expensive it is to fix when something DOES go wrong - thing is this is also reflected in the service prices (and if you don't have it serviced properly, it goes wrong more often).

My teeny tiny Ford Fiesta costs half as much to service as a Honda Jazz. But then again it's paying a visit to Ford every month these days (this morning my throttle stuck open - that was fun).

Your throttle STUCK OPEN?!?! How the hell did you manage to get it back to Ford?! lol!

 

[bengee]

While i am not saying that americans aren't rascist, I see plently of asians rice here on the west coast so rice is not an incorrect term as most riced out cars are japanese and for a while most ricers were most likely of an asian background... rice is not exclusively an asian phenomenon in these latter days... Infact as you move more and more into the interior of america you see more and more other races riceing their cars out...

halfracedrift has a good ? famine... Please answer

 

[OoNismoO]

i think the word rice is one of the worst words you can use, sounds racist, even if its not exactly meant towards asians anymore, or even if has as much meaning as the word ****.

 

[bengee]

I know what you mean... I am not trying to condone the usage of the term of rice... Its like calling white people white or black people black or you get what i am saying... I have usually reffered to said cars as souped up... but that can get confusing... If you would not like to use rice then what would you suggest the general non import dressers call these individuals and their cars

 

[Nightmage82]

Originally posted by bengee
While i am not saying that americans aren't rascist, I see plently of asians rice here on the west coast so rice is not an incorrect term as most riced out cars are japanese and for a while most ricers were most likely of an asian background... rice is not exclusively an asian phenomenon in these latter days... Infact as you move more and more into the interior of america you see more and more other races riceing their cars out...

halfracedrift has a good ? famine... Please answer

didn't it all start with the germans customizing their golfs and things with wings/spoilers back in the 80's?

i thought the americans led the way with 'customization' back in the 60's and 70's, then when aerodynamics and turbos became all the rage, the germans started putting that stuff on their cars, stickers, turbos, spoilers u name it. its only in the last 10 years or so that the japanese car phenomenon really took off and took it to a new level...

i could be wrong though

 

[bengee]

i didnt know that... so know i will call them import models... for fun...

 

[Famine]

Originally posted by halfracedrift
Your throttle STUCK OPEN?!?! How the hell did you manage to get it back to Ford?! lol!

After 15 minutes it freed itself. I pressed the pedal down again and it stuck again - for 30s. Then it kept clicking back and forth. So, I started the engine and drove the 4 miles to the garage using no more than 10% throttle at any point.

It was a loose cable, which had fallen down (behind the air filter) and caught the throttle cable. 20p for a bracket to hold it (£70 for labour... ).

 

[Nightmage82]

Originally posted by Famine
It was a loose cable, which had fallen down (behind the air filter) and caught the throttle cable. 20p for a bracket to hold it (£70 for labour... ).

£70? gosh... i hope u took a look urself first. it sounds like an easily spotted/fixed problem but then im no expert hehe.

 

[Famine]

I exaggerated - it was £34. But I can't get down behind the air filter. Oh, and my ability with engines extends to... revving them.

 

[Frustrated Palm]

Originally posted by OoNismoO
i think the word rice is one of the worst words you can use, sounds racist, even if its not exactly meant towards asians anymore, or even if has as much meaning as the word ****.

It isnt towards asians, Calm down dude. Its just a term to reffer to a car that is just so ridiculous with so many stickers, rediculous body kits, a thousand foglights, big ass wings, etc on a car that might not even be fast (even if it is fast, if it looks too overdone, its still rice)...

 

[OoNismoO]

It isnt towards asians, Calm down dude. Its just a term to reffer to a car that is just so ridiculous with so many stickers, rediculous body kits, a thousand foglights, big ass wings, etc on a car that might not even be fast (even if it is fast, if it looks too overdone, its still rice)...

dude what?? im not mad or anything if thats what ur thinking, but where do you think it originated from? asians and their car right? well even if doesnt mean that as much anymore, im just saying its not the best word to use, comprende?

 

[Famine]

And that's more than a valid point. I prefer the term "Barry Boy" for this phenomenon.

http://www.barryboys.co.uk

And stolen FROM the Barry Boys site, I include three (two-ish) of my favourites:

Ahh.....another Vauxhall Nova. Not seen one of these before. Like I said before, the Nova is the fastest ever production road car so I can see why the two lanky (snip)s here were so keen to show it off. Once again we have that totally impractical front bumper than makes even the slightest bump in the road become a chiselling exercise. The single wiper conversion is great because it parks in the middle thus making it harder to see out of the windscreen - excellent !

Ahh....here's the inside view of that lovely Nova. You may notice the LCD television screen. These cost about £1,100 and are a much wiser investment than buying a proper (snip)ing car. To make the 1980s plastic dashboard look even more crap, the owner has decided to paint the heater controls silver. This looks tacky now, but just you wait until it starts to peel off - it will look even more ****e.

I was spot on with the grandad comments if you read the numberplate "Pop". I am still trying to work out why someone has taken a jigsaw to the bonnet and cut some airvents. I can only assume its to let rainwater into the engine bay and help rust the car away quicker. Apparently the Mynheer front splitter doesn't just make the car look ****e and slow it down, its supposed to make you look more of a man. Sorry did I say man? I meant 17 yr old. My mistake.

(partially edited for rudeness - albeit justifiable. I refuse to edit the word "****e" as I don't consider it to be that rude (like crap) - but the censor software will blank out the first four letters for you)

 

[the12for12]

rice= imports = you can find just about everything you need in 1 place for tuning.

 

[Nightmage82]

Originally posted by Famine
And that's more than a valid point. I prefer the term "Barry Boy" for this phenomenon.

http://www.barryboys.co.uk

And stolen FROM the Barry Boys site, I include three (two-ish) of my favourites:

Ahh.....another Vauxhall Nova. Not seen one of these before. Like I said before, the Nova is the fastest ever production road car so I can see why the two lanky (snip)s here were so keen to show it off. Once again we have that totally impractical front bumper than makes even the slightest bump in the road become a chiselling exercise. The single wiper conversion is great because it parks in the middle thus making it harder to see out of the windscreen - excellent !

Ahh....here's the inside view of that lovely Nova. You may notice the LCD television screen. These cost about £1,100 and are a much wiser investment than buying a proper (snip)ing car. To make the 1980s plastic dashboard look even more crap, the owner has decided to paint the heater controls silver. This looks tacky now, but just you wait until it starts to peel off - it will look even more ****e.

I was spot on with the grandad comments if you read the numberplate "Pop". I am still trying to work out why someone has taken a jigsaw to the bonnet and cut some airvents. I can only assume its to let rainwater into the engine bay and help rust the car away quicker. Apparently the Mynheer front splitter doesn't just make the car look ****e and slow it down, its supposed to make you look more of a man. Sorry did I say man? I meant 17 yr old. My mistake.

(partially edited for rudeness - albeit justifiable. I refuse to edit the word "****e" as I don't consider it to be that rude (like crap) - but the censor software will blank out the first four letters for you)

lol indeed. i've heard the 4 letter S word used before the 9 o'clock watershed so i think it's slowly being de-classified as rude

excellent post though famine. i've seen that barryboys site before, but its great fun just to read it all again. for our friends in the US, the vauxhall nova is a totally lame car, no self respecting man would buy one. cause its the same price as something better, only smaller and worse! hehe

 

[Frustrated Palm]

Originally posted by OoNismoO
dude what?? im not mad or anything if thats what ur thinking, but where do you think it originated from? asians and their car right? well even if doesnt mean that as much anymore, im just saying its not the best word to use, comprende?

Actually it is the best word to use since around here, most people usually modify a Civic, Celica, Integra, or any run of the mill Japanese car. Japanese eat rice. The cars are from Japan. Therefore, Japanese cars = Rice (not all)...

 

[Driftster]

Why not Egg Roll or wonton or chop suey?

 

[Famine]

Because Egg Rolls and Wonton are Chinese, and Chop Suey is a Chinese dish of American origin.

 

[Driftster]

I'm so sure the creators of the expression "rice" had dish origin in mind...

 

[Famine]

I agree with OoNismoO to a degree though - we all too often use words we consider inoffensive without considering their origins and insulting implications. The term "Rice" is applied too often to cars like the Honda Integra Type-R - which to all intents and purposes is the exact opposite of what most people would call "Rice" (it has absolutely NO modifications of any variety to make it look faster - in fact everything has been removed to save weight and it is a very, very well-sorted FF chassis) - simply because the car is of Japanese origin.

That's why I prefer "Barry Boys" - the inhabitants of Essex who specifically set out to "individualise" the look of their car, only to end up with 3000 identical Novas. All of which sucked to start with and suck at the end.

 

[Frustrated Palm]

Yeah, I believe in how Famine put it. I only reffer to a car as "Rice" when it sucks. Dont get me wrong, I love eating rice, and I also love saying that Rice reminds me of Maggots when my friend is eating it so the image gets implanted in his head and almost chokes (really hilarious), but if the car is good, I dont call it rice (unless it just looks overdone with the bodykit and paintwork)...

 

[Rue]

'Rice?" I've never used the term to refer to anything other than what I eat everyday and I agree with Famine 100% in his above comment. Anyway, why 'rice'? Japan isn't the biggest producer and exporter of rice in the world, in fact I think the USA probably produces and trades much more. If people insist on using a completely witless term that is used almost exclusively for describing Japanese cars, then why not call them something more specific to Japanese 'culture'? Why not refer to them as 'sushi', or better still 'california rolls', the American 'sushi' with all the tasty bits on the outside and not much on the inside. I think this would be far more appropriate as the majority of these so called 'ricers' that I've seen pictures of originate in the USA.

There's my rant for the day

 

[Frustrated Palm]

Well, for one, the US isnt the biggest exporter of rice either (its the biggest in Wheat Export, enough is grown in Illinois, Iowa, and the other midwestern states to feed the world with bread). Its more of a stereo type. When I think Japanese, I think of people eating rice. When I think of the US, I usually think of Beef, or a nice big, juicey, T-bone stake, grilled over an open flame with onions, green peppers, cayenne pepper, garlic, A-1 stake sause...mmmmmmm......errr, and when I think of German cars, I think Saur Kraut, on a hotdog, flame broiled and a slight smokey taste, served with a nice slab of double chocolate fudge cake...yum, or when I think of Austrailian cars, I think of a Blooming Onion (because of Outback steakhouse), deep fried, served with tangy Honey mustard sause, all hot and delicous, Yum Yum Yum, or when I think of Italian cars, I think of Spaghetti (sp), with big Italian meatballs, in a rich tomato sause with green peppers, onions, garlic, basil, mmmmmm, or when I think of french cars, I think of Escargo, AKA snails, raw, slimey, and really bad.......yuk ...

 

[Cano]

I guess I should say Tacos, sopes, pozole and some mole with huitlacoche or something like that. yumi

Cano

 

[OoNismoO]

yea people eat rice everywhere, like africa, europe, and the middle east, but when u think of japanese food, what do you think? one of the main foods you ll think is rice, then theres sushi, and all kinds of other foods that i dont know the names of.

Actually it is the best word to use since around here, most people usually modify a Civic, Celica, Integra, or any run of the mill Japanese car. Japanese eat rice. The cars are from Japan. Therefore, Japanese cars = Rice (not all)...

but not all ricy cars are Japanese right? so not the best word to use. the word should be directed only towards people who try to look fast, but isnt, or whatever u think it is. i could care less about what company, or what cars tends to be the most riced out, we all know any type of cars can be riced out. when i think of the word rice, and cars, i think of japanese cars, and japanese people, so i guess im gonna start using barry boys.