KenshinX Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Just what the title says. But on to the full details. I am writing a short argumentative English essay for college and I need quotes. Here is where you guys come in. My topic is "Who are Ricers?" and "Why do they act the way they do?" I need as many opinions as possible please share stories and keep it clean please. Simple opinionated answers are fine too. Thanks! Oh and please put your first name and last name initial following your statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsommer Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Is this for high school or college? Nevermind....edit. Argumentative English essay based on opinions as opposed to facts, be careful there Ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 ric·ers // Audio Help (rī'sərs) Pronunciation Key n. Young males with foreign cars who modify their cars to attempt to go faster and attempt to look better, when in reality, they would feel better about themselves if they spent the money on a psychologist to get over their issues with their small genitalia. Jeff M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Ricers - a younger generation of the hot-rodders that came on the scene in the 1950's. Like them they have a desire to customize their vehicle so it is a reflection of their tastes, personality, and abilities. Also, like them, they are misunderstood and criticized by the older generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 http://www.ricerforums.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenshinX Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 Thanks for the replies so far. Well, the instructor wants us to write a short essay on something that is bothering us. I chose the topic of "rice." I thought it would be interesting. She also wants us to include citations or quotes from an interview hence this thread. I could add facts, but I don't want it to be too long its only suppose to be between 300-500 words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenshinX Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 JohnC there is some excellent stuff on that site. Especially this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I associate the word Ricer with an attitude and not a car so much. Cocky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CArFAn Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I'd say that the are people that are in the first stages of the car world. I mean they go and watch a movie FNF and they see cars there have body kits stickers and wings, so they think that they have to be like them to be "IN". But in reality they are starting in a bad way. Eventually they will run into some people that will show them the right way and there will be a good chance of them getting deeper into the performance aspect not so much visual part. I have had a few of the "ricer" type friends and i set them straight down the performance road. instead of saving for a 1,000$ body kit one of my friends is saving for a turbo setup for his eclipse gst. I dont know what i just said, and i just might be in the top 10 here for bad sentence structure and grammer overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrumpetRhapsody Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Rice is a "you know it when you see it" concept. The term is a bit overused and stereotyped to ALL hondas these days. I know some people with some clean looking, and well performing hondas. One could argue that by definition rice would be universally considered as pointless visual mods, illogical performance mods (huge exhaust with no motor work, loud exhaust with no reason or motor to back it up), attitude, etc. Rice is definitely not limited to imports anymore, though that's where the phrase started (derogatory reference to asians). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91_4x4runner Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I really have to agree with Trumpet... When there's multiple times more money in the body than any other part of the car. And I don't mean spending money to clean up a car (paint, , fixing rust, plugging holes, etc), I mean spending money on things like "super special lights" and ground effects coupled with giant front bumpers and side skirts on a stock height car. One thing that makes me laugh is when I see a "riced" Honda hatch with a 4" exhaust and 19" rims.... but they still have the stock rear drum brakes..... (C'mon... braking is important if you have an engine that'd need a 4" exhaust ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 JohnC there is some excellent stuff on that site. Especially this There is a turbo'ed ls1 swapped PT cruiser Running around daytona beach. I believe it has a tubbed rear end It runs 13psi and i think is in the 11's maybe 10's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91_4x4runner Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Not to thread jack, but speaking of PT cruisers... here's one with a 1UZ: http://lextreme.com///forums/showthread.php?t=9775&highlight=PT+cruiser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big-phil Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Ricers - a younger generation of the hot-rodders that came on the scene in the 1950's. Like them they have a desire to customize their vehicle so it is a reflection of their tastes, personality, and abilities. Also, like them, they are misunderstood and criticized by the older generation. man thats it in a nutshell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrumpetRhapsody Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Lol they're not only criticized by older generations... I am that generation, and I criticize it. Hot rods were... well hot! Rice is... not, anyway you look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpizzaman20 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 In the 70's anyone with a Japanese car was a ricer! I owned 3 Datsun's in the 70's. Fred B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi303 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 My view of Ricers? People of whatever age, that make visual modifications to any motor vehicle that is intended to provide the appearance of higher then stock performance, while retaining stock performance... I've seen riced up Kenworth trucks... Lights and chrome and exhausts you can loose a man down, yet they are stock under the shell. Non rice, but a similiar thing, is I have also heard of a Lancer Evo, that the engine blew, turbo shattered and bits of blade munched the valves and pistons, so the owner did and engine swap. For the basic non-performance base model Lancer engine from the family sedan. Thats not rice, but someone taking a basic lancer sedan and fitting the complete Evo spec body kit to it, Is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJLamberson Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 If you want to now everything about rice, and experience it first had multiple times a day... move to Napa, CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srbigbutt Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Rice is more about show than go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 To me a typical ricer is impatient to do things correctly. "My car doesnt look cool... ooh a body kit for cheap, buy it!!!!" Not "Hmmm, I wonder how that would look on my car? What spoilers would accent this? How will this affect the driveablility? Will I have busted up bumpers that look like crap after a few days?" In general it is taking the quickest, easiest, and cheapest route on almost everything even if it sacrifices quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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