Car Craft Mustang Slam

2002 Roush Vert · 03-04-2002, 01:12 PM

In the April 2002 Car Craft in the Point of View Editor’s Letter Column (Matt King) wrote an article entitled It Takes All Kinds. This article went through his description of different types of car guys and the types of cars they drive. It was mildly amusing until I got to the following passage:

“Rice Boy isn’t just an import phenomenon. Like a squirrel attracted to shiny objects, Rice Boy can’t hose his car down with enough gee-gaws and doo-dads he sees in magazine ads or hanging on the rack at the auto parts store. Rice Boy’s car looks like it drove through Pep Boys with a magnet on it. He usually drives a new Mustang.”

Now this is one of the greatest insults I have ever read. The Mustang is one of the greatest cars ever built as attested by its over 38 years of popularity. Rice Boys drive Rice not great American Muscle Cars. EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW AND EXPRESS YOU INDIGNATION AT THIS SLAM BY E-MAILING THE CAR CRAFT EDITOR AT:

carcraft@primediacmmg.com

72grande · 03-04-2002, 03:31 PM

unfortunetly he's right. One of the most comonly riced out cars thedre is is a new v-6 automatic stang. But truth be told, theres a lot of 'ricey' things that I really like. Its not 1960 anymore, styles change.

Frankenstang65 · 03-05-2002, 01:56 AM

It hurts...I know. But there is some truth to it. I see more riced out mustangs than almost any other domestic car. At first it shocked me, " They make clear tailights for stangs?!?!...What are they thinking?", but they are becoming far more commonplace as this import craze sweeps through.
I would agree that there are a lot of cool, high-tech ("ricey"- I guess) things that can be put into modern mustangs. It's true that it is not the 60's but some of these cars look like they are having one hell of an identity crisis. You gotta draw the line somewhere, and mustangs that are made to look like hondas just don't do it for me. In my opinion, the mustang's muscle car roots transcend these temporary changes in style and "pop" car culture. Just my .02

03-04-2002, 01:12 PM	#1
2002 Roush Vert Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Irvine, California Posts: 4	Car Craft Mustang Slam In the April 2002 Car Craft in the Point of View Editor’s Letter Column (Matt King) wrote an article entitled It Takes All Kinds. This article went through his description of different types of car guys and the types of cars they drive. It was mildly amusing until I got to the following passage: “Rice Boy isn’t just an import phenomenon. Like a squirrel attracted to shiny objects, Rice Boy can’t hose his car down with enough gee-gaws and doo-dads he sees in magazine ads or hanging on the rack at the auto parts store. Rice Boy’s car looks like it drove through Pep Boys with a magnet on it. He usually drives a new Mustang.” Now this is one of the greatest insults I have ever read. The Mustang is one of the greatest cars ever built as attested by its over 38 years of popularity. Rice Boys drive Rice not great American Muscle Cars. EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW AND EXPRESS YOU INDIGNATION AT THIS SLAM BY E-MAILING THE CAR CRAFT EDITOR AT: carcraft@primediacmmg.com __________________ Stewart A. Smith 2001 Stage 2 Roush Mustang 1969 Cougar XR-7 Irvine, California

03-05-2002, 01:56 AM	#3
Frankenstang65 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 79	It hurts...I know. But there is some truth to it. I see more riced out mustangs than almost any other domestic car. At first it shocked me, " They make clear tailights for stangs?!?!...What are they thinking?", but they are becoming far more commonplace as this import craze sweeps through. I would agree that there are a lot of cool, high-tech ("ricey"- I guess) things that can be put into modern mustangs. It's true that it is not the 60's but some of these cars look like they are having one hell of an identity crisis. You gotta draw the line somewhere, and mustangs that are made to look like hondas just don't do it for me. In my opinion, the mustang's muscle car roots transcend these temporary changes in style and "pop" car culture. Just my .02 __________________ 1965 Coupe: 351W, comp cam, Aluminum Systemax II heads (2.02/1.60), 1.7 Cobra full roller rockers, Edelbrock intake, Holley 650 double pumper, Mallory Unilite, MSD-6AL, MSD Blaster 2 coil, MSD heli-core plug wires, Hedman headers, 2 1/2" exhaust (GT style) w/ 40 series delta flows, 69 C4 w/ shift kit, shelby traction bars, 3.55:1 rear Daily Driver: 1989 GT- 5spd, K&N (no silencer), Shorty Headers, King Cobra Clutch, Flowmaster Force II Cat-back

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03-04-2002, 03:31 PM	#2
72grande Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Monterey Posts: 33	unfortunetly he's right. One of the most comonly riced out cars thedre is is a new v-6 automatic stang. But truth be told, theres a lot of 'ricey' things that I really like. Its not 1960 anymore, styles change.