Rice? Let's define......... No bs.

[CC Performance]

Originally Posted by 8cd03gro

lol, so what do we call cars built in Canada? Maple leaves?

GM

[christianmotox]

Originally Posted by CC Performance

Yeah I'm not going to argue with you but our are wrong.
Rice is an old old term.. and was deragatory remark to call out a japaneese car .. then the asian car mfg market expanded and the term was used to call out any asian car..

ricer is a person and riced out is what you posted pictures of...
Whether you appreciate the style or think its a waste of money deosnt matter, I am correct....

Rice ricer and riced out... but the original term rice simply meant a japaneese car..

Hate to say this, but i think youre the only one who thinks that way, and that doesent make you right at all

[PQ]

Funny thing is I never considered a BMW or VW to be rice.

It just kinda always made sense that Toyota, Nissan and Honda was.

STOCK anyway. Then I'd see the cosmetic stuff on other cars and just consider it rice as well.


Oh, and does this car have a freaking rear spoiler glued to his hood? LMGWTFBBQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[8cd03gro]

Originally Posted by christianmotox

Hate to say this, but i think youre the only one who thinks that way, and that doesent make you right at all

The, "I'm always right despite the consensus" attitude is very appealing.


"Just so you all know, I have friends that are "tuners" the nicer term and we go on drives together.. All of them and myself included appreaciate power and respect each others tastes... Kind of funny when you see a Camaro and Evo and SRT4 club going to the beach for an icecream but its who we are.. I respect their cars even though I would not be caught dead in one and they all love the Camaro.. ricers and domestics can get along, its individual respect thats all."

When did they start building those in Japan? So what if GM is the largest holder in a company that builds cars elsewhere?

[christianmotox]

Originally Posted by 8cd03gro

lol, so what do we call cars built in Canada? Maple leaves?

[PQ]

This sounds like one of those debates of the Camaro being a muscle car or not.

You can't say that CC_Perfomance is wrong. He was there at the time. Apperently the term has been around a lot longer than I thought and has morphed into something different.

If it was a term once used for all Japan made cars then you can't argue that it wasn't. Only that the definition has changed over time. Which I'm guessing is the case. And with no official definition you have to allow that it can be accepted for the guys who remember the original meaning to keep it as such.

[PQ]

I think djsnoflake may have been right.

[CC Performance]

Originally Posted by christianmotox

Hate to say this, but i think youre the only one who thinks that way, and that doesent make you right at all

No your wrong I actually am right.. were you around when the term first came to use? It was in the 70's that I heard it first and the guys using it were talking about toyotas.. over time it evovled to cover all asian cars.. then somewhere along the line the whole styling thing came about and again in a deragatory way rice was turned into ricer and apparently kids forgot the meaning of it in the first place....


Do you even know what Pearl Harbor is and the significance of it?? if you did you would undertand the term rice and its origins...


The fast car remark was in response to someones saying something about 14 second car owners not knowing .. and nort being one fo them I had to point that out

[8cd03gro]

Originally Posted by CC Performance

Do you even know what Pearl Harbor is and the significance of it?? if you did you would undertand the term rice and its origins...

Wow, you're takin' this a real good direction my friend, real good indeed. Let's start an economic debate next, shall we?

So what I can gather from your posts is that, "rice" is a racist term referring to Japanese cars, developed because of the country's actions in WWII. You insist this is the case, yet you continue to use the word? Interesting.

[ya boy willz]

Originally Posted by christianmotox

Hate to say this, but i think youre the only one who thinks that way, and that doesent make you right at all

Originally Posted by 8cd03gro

But, but, but his car is really fast! The, "I'm always right despite the consensus" attitude is very appealing.


"Just so you all know, I have friends that are "tuners" the nicer term and we go on drives together.. All of them and myself included appreaciate power and respect each others tastes... Kind of funny when you see a Camaro and Evo and SRT4 club going to the beach for an icecream but its who we are.. I respect their cars even though I would not be caught dead in one and they all love the Camaro.. ricers and domestics can get along, its individual respect thats all."

When did they start building those in Japan?

Who died and made you merriam-webster.

To me Rice has morphed to become anything that has more than 3 colors on it, partial body kits, a large annoying muffler, and very useless, cheap, stupid mods such as Cut springs, massive wings, cheap E-bay intakes/parts, and stupid HIDs in non projector headlights that just blind everybody.

Even a hideous looking body kit isn't really rice as long as it was painted and installed properly and doesn't have any gaps. Then it just becomes Fugly.

Any type of car can be rice, it's not just imports.

[christianmotox]

Originally Posted by PQ

This sounds like one of those debates of the Camaro being a muscle car or not.

You can't say that CC_Perfomance is wrong. He was there at the time. Apperently the term has been around a lot longer than I thought and has morphed into something different.

If it was a term once used for all Japan made cars then you can't argue that it wasn't. Only that the definition has changed over time. Which I'm guessing is the case. And with no official definition you have to allow that it can be accepted for the guys who remember the original meaning to keep it as such.

I agree, I cannot argue about the history of the word, i wasn't around that long ago.
But, what was the purpose of this thread? to discuss how the word originated or what it means TODAY?
Maybe we can have 2 definitions, one for back in the 70's and another for today.

In 1970 "CC Performance" is probably right
Today i dont think so.

But one thing we can all agree is that the term has evolved and it doesn't mean the same as it did back in 1970.

[SSE 4 2SS]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

To me, tasteless non-functional 'race inspired' mods on economy cars has always been rice. For example, a stock Supra is not rice. A Civic with a stock powertrain, body kit, fart can, and huge spoiler is.

Originally Posted by 05MyStangWB

You mean ricist??

close, really really close, but bigot or bigoted comes to mind as more appropriate... along the lines of rice or riced... before anyone gets their panties in a wad, please look up the definition...

Tuner is usually considered the more complimentary term...

Any car can be "riced," in the derogatory form of expression... and there are cars built in Japan that are not "riced" vehicles... I guess if a car built/operated by rice eating cultures are ricers, then most any vehicle in Louisiana could be considered "rice", as rice is served in or with just about every meal... and this is about as mom, apple pie and Chevrolet an area as there is...

[midnighter]

Aftermarket stainless steel fender well trim is almost always rice status on any car or truck imo.

[PQ]

Originally Posted by 05MyStangWB

Yes, that is a rear spoiler on his hood. We Mustang guys refuse to claim him...... or his car!!

We've all got those.

Originally Posted by 8cd03gro

Wow, you're takin' this a real good direction my friend, real good indeed. Let's start an economic debate next, shall we?

So what I can gather from your posts is that, "rice" is a racist term referring to Japanese cars developed be cause of the country's actions in WWII. You insist this is the case, yet you continue to use the word? Interesting.

Not defending any one side but I don't think you are understanding the purpose of his WWII reference. I'm assuming there is a mainstream meaning of 'rice' that came out of it.

Originally Posted by christianmotox

I agree, I cannot argue about the history of the word, i wasn't around that long ago.
But, what was the purpose of this thread? to discuss how the word originated or what it means TODAY?
Maybe we can have 2 definitions, one for back in the 70's and another for today.

In 1970 "CC Performance" is probably right
Today i dont think so.

But one thing we can all agree is that the term has evolved and it doesn't mean the same as it did back in 1970.

That's fair.

I think in defining it we have discovered something. There will be a dogmatic view and a contemporary view as well. It all goes into my getting to the bottom of it. I've actually learned something.

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

close, really really close, but bigot or bigoted comes to mind as more appropriate... along the lines of rice or riced... before anyone gets their panties in a wad, please look up the definition...

Tuner is usually considered the more complimentary term...

Any car can be "riced," in the derogatory form of expression... and there are cars built in Japan that are not "riced" vehicles... I guess if a car built/operated by rice eating cultures are ricers, then most any vehicle in Louisiana could be considered "rice", as rice is served in or with just about every meal... and this is about as mom, apple pie and Chevrolet an area as there is...

Agreed, and so it lends credence to what CC_Performance is saying. The histoy behind the term is what set it in motion even though it's morphed so we have to realize and accept that.