Lets make fun of ricers.

[CamaroSpike23]

Originally Posted by theholycow

Then you, sir, are in the wrong thread. This thread is for trash-talking about cars that aren't the cookie cutter image of what we think a car should look like.

I agree that the Corvette wasn't that ricey; OTOH, it's a cryin' shame to add even a little rice to a Corvette. I can't see that wing well but it doesn't look like a very effective design (regardless of its correct placement).

there's a difference between a "different look" to a car and rice.

this car has stickers all over it.... and a wing....


is it rice?




this one on the other hand.....

well, I dont really know what to call it....

[BowtieGuy]

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

except that car could actually attain speeds that the spoiler would serve its functional purpose....

Sorry Spike, although for the most part I agree, I draw the line at stick on side vents.

Especially fake carbon fiber ones.

[theholycow]

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

there's a difference between a "different look" to a car and rice.

this car has stickers all over it.... and a wing....

is it rice?

That depends.

Is it a purpose-built race car, with the stickers there because they are sponsoring the car, and with the speed to back up its look? Are the vents, openings, wing, and other body kit items functional and necessary to produce the results that the car produces?

Or, is it mostly a stock under the hood, bought from a showroom, driven on the street, with fake stuff plastered all over it and holes cut for stuff that doesn't do anything/isn't hooked up?

That is the difference between a racer and a ricer.

this one on the other hand.....

well, I dont really know what to call it....

Ricer would do, though abomination would be more appropriate.

Originally Posted by BowtieGuy

Sorry Spike, although for the most part I agree, I draw the line at stick on side vents.

Especially fake carbon fiber ones.

[CamaroSpike23]

Originally Posted by BowtieGuy

Sorry Spike, although for the most part I agree, I draw the line at stick on side vents.

Especially fake carbon fiber ones.

be prepared to be calling a LOT of C5 members ricers when they go an put the cf stickers over the gills on the 5th gen.

[theholycow]

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

be prepared to be calling a LOT of C5 members ricers when they go an put the cf stickers over the gills on the 5th gen.

The gills themselves, and the mail slot, stink of rice to me...but they don't stop me from wanting a Camaro anyway.

[CamaroSpike23]

Originally Posted by theholycow

The gills themselves, and the mail slot, stink of rice to me...but they don't stop me from wanting a Camaro anyway.

are these rice to you?

[Xanthos]

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

are these rice to you?

Not to me. I've always thought they looked cool.
- Xanthos

[theholycow]

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

are these rice to you?

[IMG]http://www.cartype.com/images/page/chevy-camaro-RS-SS_hood.jpg[IMG]

Are they functional? If they're not functional, I don't care that they're original equipment from a first gen or whatever...non-functional vents are rice, plain and simple.

When something ricey is OEM, that mitigates its ricerity but does not completely make it non-rice. The gills on the new Camaro are rice that I'd easily accept as part of a great car.

[Camaro_Corvette]

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

are these rice to you?

I have seriously never looked at that as rice, and NEVER WILL! Functional or not.

[patriotpa]

Originally Posted by aborrego

i saw a truck just as bad it was a Cadillac Escalade w/: 4x4 Tires, and all lifted for rock climing LMAO. i'll post pics later when i get then but there are dumb PPL out there.

That's just plain wrong! That guy needs an ass whoopin'

[09'Z28]

they are functional, all you need is water and freezing temperatures to turn them into ice cube trays

[CamaroSpike23]

Originally Posted by XanthosV6

Not to me. I've always thought they looked cool.
- Xanthos

Originally Posted by theholycow

Are they functional? If they're not functional, I don't care that they're original equipment from a first gen or whatever...non-functional vents are rice, plain and simple.

When something ricey is OEM, that mitigates its ricerity but does not completely make it non-rice. The gills on the new Camaro are rice that I'd easily accept as part of a great car.

non-functional....

but by your definitions, OEM "rice" would fall along the lines of the stock wheels, hoods, spoilers, paint schemes, halo headlights, amongst other things that are purely for asthetics and not performance that are included.


but to each, his own

Originally Posted by camaro_corvette

I have seriously never looked at that as rice, and NEVER WILL! Functional or not.

[dayvedayve]

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

this one on the other hand.....

well, I dont really know what to call it....

A movie car

[theholycow]

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

but by your definitions, OEM "rice" would fall along the lines of the stock wheels, hoods, spoilers, paint schemes, halo headlights, amongst other things that are purely for asthetics and not performance that are included.

My definition requires more than something being purely for aesthetics; it has to be an attempt to look like something that's functional without actually being functional. It requires false pretenses. Usually this means trying to look like a purpose-built race car when it's mechanically stock, but other false pretenses can count too.

Wheels: Can't be rice, they're functional. I'd hate to have non-functional wheels on my car! Having wheels on a car does not make it look like it's trying to look like a race car, it just makes it look like it can roll (a very important function in cars, IMO).

Granted, there are some really tacky wheels that most people would consider rice, and they are an exception to the usual rice requirements.

Hood: Totally functional. Keeps rain and debris out of the engine bay, prevents people from stealing your battery, etc. Having a hood does not differentiate a race car (or ricer) from a family sedan.

Spoilers: Small OEM ones tend not to look like anything that is putting on a pretense of making the car look faster. They are non-functional but not really ricey.
Big useless wing on the rear of a FWD car: Non-functional, made specifically to look like something from a race car. Rice.

Paint schemes: Depends on the particular scheme. If it's painted to look like a race car but does not participate in races, that is rice.

Halo headlights: Have nothing to do with race cars. Also, the halos on the Camaro function perfectly well.