[95mustanggt]

Originally posted by Hammer
cbring,
I get the feeling that you asked a question, got an answer... but you don't like the answer you received.

Its been said before, rice is an attitude, not a car. It doesn't matter WHAT you drive, but it happens to be that MOST ricers drive Japanese sport compact vehicles. From my experience and the experience of countless others, this whole fad began with Japanese imports, hence the term "rice", whether you find it "politically acceptable" or not.

It has since spread to all makes of cars, usually driven by young males, aged 16-23, in pants 10 sizes to big for them with no belt to keep them up.

Rice is a preoccupation with appearance over substance.

To try to look cool even though you may be a lame a$%.

Every generation has its "in" thing.... which makes me believe I'll be seeing a lot of these monstrocities these folks call cars in a crusher some day.

Although it is rare, you CAN be a fast ricer. The definition of "fast" is quite varied. A 14 second Civic in my opinion is not "fast". It may be fast for a Civic, but in general, is not "fast".



As long as said guy doesn't come up next to me at a stop-light and revs his engine at me wanting to race, I have no problem with it. Would I do that to MY car? Hell no, but whatever floats his boat...



In my opinion, that's a wanna-be. Just as moronic as a ricer, but he's replaced the altezzas and Asian characters with cosmetic racing parts he doesn't need. (Actually, I've seen domestics, including Mustangs, truly "riced" out. So you can be a ricer and and drive a domestic.)
They often put Cobra badges on their V-6 and rev on Civics... Just sad...


In my opinion, there is a fine line to this. I have personally run with cars that can kick my butt up and down the highway. But there are differences:
1. A ricer wants to run that 11 second LS1 because he believes all the hype about is cold-air "intake" published in Sport Compact Car and by the media blitz of the Slow and the Stickered.
2. A ricer will instigate said race by turning up his stereo to an intolerable level, line up next to said car at the stoplight, rev the beehive hard at the line while giving the driver of the other car his "game face". (I've actually heard someone call it that...)
You may also see this accompanied by several remarks such as "Camaro's Suck!" or "What a POS!"

Personally, if I want to race, I will usually pull up next to him\her, start a conversation usually consisting of: "What's it got in it?" and "What does it run?". I will then usually ask if they want to run.

If a race is started like this, you will usually get a thumbs up afterwards whether you win or lose. And I've actually met some good friends that way.

Many people want to see how their car does against a supposedly "superior" car.
But as I said at the very beginning, its all in the attitude.

Of course, all of this is just my opinion....

Couldn't be said better!