You want the truth? Coming from somebody who's been a member of this board since mid 1999, I'd have to say over the years people here have become "ricer-phobic." They don't know what a ricer is anymore, and any vehicle that has any modification they don't think is particularily cool is therefore a ricer.
In reality, many people here are not car enthusiasts in my honest opinion. They are high performance V-8 Mustang enthusiasts. The only 14-15sec car it's okay to put appearance mods on (conservative wheels, blackouts, oversized cowl induction hood) are Mustangs. Wings are nearly forbidden because they are rice. Nevermind the Mustang has been equipped with optional wings/spoliers since the 1960's. Those are not rice because they are Mustangs. I also say V-8 Mustang enthusiasts because V6 and I4 owners are routinely ripped on here as if the almighty V8 is the symbol of being worthy to post about performance. I find it to be hypocritical. Most people here would trust what PKRWUD has to say, yet his full size Ford truck with a 1000lb load in the back could probably be outrun by a new V6 Mustang without a problem.
They also appear quite sexist when it comes to acceptable mods. A guy talking about putting appearance mods on their car before it's a 13 second car may receive ridicule. A female can put whatever they want on. There are enough leg humpers to inflate the female's ego.
Actually, there doesn't need to be any mod involved at all. If you simply enjoy your car here in a different way than dragging it down a 1/4 mile, you may be ridiculed. Also, if you do something unusual for fun, such as driving a down a dirt road and goofing off people may post threads saying you should be shot, and/or beaten etc.
It's why I'm now very scarce around here. I'd rather hang around with true enthusiasts.
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