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Old 10-05-2011, 05:43 PM   #57
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Originally Posted by SlingShot View Post
I have to agree with CC, being born and raised in Detroit in the late 60's early 70's it was "rice" or "ricer". The term was in reference to the onslaught of Japanese imports coming in. The most common imports were Honda Civics, Datsun pickups and "Z" ...

For me it still referees to Japanese imports ... Guess I'm still old school.
That may have been what it was called back then, but now a days its not. A civic with a huge wing and loud exhaust is rice, not a stock civic.
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