My thoughts regarding this forum

[black2yaris]

You Go ! Chino

[churp]

Originally Posted by Black Yaris

basicly you two are useing the term as it was long, long ago, when it was a bad thing to own an imported car from Japan. Using rice to descibe all japanese vehicles faded with other other terms of the period "rad", "Awsome", "grody", as well as parachute pants and Vanilla Ice.

????? When was it a bad thing to own an imported car from Japan? The only reason you would say that is from listening to people who were jealous back whenever you think that was. EXAMPLE: Owning any year Fiero instead of the comparable year Civic was a 'stupid' thing, compare performances and prices....then tell me why the Civic is still with us.

[WRBlue]

Originally Posted by Black Yaris

basicly you two are useing the term as it was long, long ago, when it was a bad thing to own an imported car from Japan. Using rice to descibe all japanese vehicles faded with other other terms of the period "rad", "Awsome", "grody", as well as parachute pants and Vanilla Ice.

Exactly. Saved me from typing the same thing. I only hear old guys going through a midlife crisis and owning a vette/viper/old muscle car or hillbillys using rice to describe japanese cars anymore.

Rice in that useage was already out by the time of Vanilla ;)

????? When was it a bad thing to own an imported car from Japan?

Any time before about 1982. Until the gas crisises of the 70s, Japanese cars almost didn't exist here, and thoes that did were like the Subaru 360 - barely enough power to move.
In the 70s, people bought them, but they wern't cool and were un-american. Hell people thought they caused the rampant inflation and recession in the late 70s to mid 82. But by then, all american cars were total crap and people realized that Japanese cars wern't crap so using rice to describe Japanese cars died. By the early 90s, rice came to mean what it means today - show cars that think they are fast i.e. unfuctional mods, unfunctional go-fast parts, stupid owners, etc.

[Imagine]

Originally Posted by kurokoma-kun

US rice = Uncle Bens

Ah! Si.. Good point.

[kurokoma-kun]

Originally Posted by WRBlue

In the 70s, people bought them, but they wern't cool and were un-american.

people called them rice burners I think?

[Yaris Revenge]

Originally Posted by kurokoma-kun

people called them rice burners I think?

because they were Japaneses and ran on so little fuel, compared to domestics.

~YR

[nqd]

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans called cars rice because

Uh....some people out there in our nation dont have cars.

And....uh...I beleive that our cars, like such as in asia, South Africa and...uh...the Iraq, evereywhere, like, such as....

And I beleive that they should...

Our cars over here in the U.S. should help the U.S.....uh....

Or should help South africa and should help Iraq and the Asian Countries....

So we will be able to build up our future...for our children"

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[YarisTom73]

Originally Posted by nqd

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans called cars rice because

Uh....some people out there in our nation dont have cars.

And....uh...I beleive that our cars, like such as in asia, South Africa and...uh...the Iraq, evereywhere, like, such as....

And I beleive that they should...

Our cars over here in the U.S. should help the U.S.....uh....

Or should help South africa and should help Iraq and the Asian Countries....

So we will be able to build up our future...for our children"

Sure that wasn't quoted directly from George W. at some conference??

[nqd]

*EDIT* link on post 25

[nsmitchell]

Originally Posted by nqd

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans called cars rice because

Uh....some people out there in our nation dont have cars.

And....uh...I beleive that our cars, like such as in asia, South Africa and...uh...the Iraq, evereywhere, like, such as....

And I beleive that they should...

Our cars over here in the U.S. should help the U.S.....uh....

Or should help South africa and should help Iraq and the Asian Countries....

So we will be able to build up our future...for our children"

if you dont get it click here

[sherryberry]

I eat rice.

[jdium]

Looks are subjective, but an easy way to qualify "rice" is to look at it from a consumer's prospective. Would that "mod" fly in a magazine available to the national consumer. If a magazine editor would laugh at your car, it's probably rice...


Stoke the fire!

[brickhardmeat]

Originally Posted by nqd

*EDIT* link on post 25

oh sama

[paradigm]

Originally Posted by jdium

Looks are subjective, but an easy way to qualify "rice" is to look at it from a consumer's prospective. Would that "mod" fly in a magazine available to the national consumer. If a magazine editor would laugh at your car, it's probably rice...

Lol, doesn't that fall under the whole "beauty is in the eye of the beholder thing?". What does the opinion of a magazine editor have to do with anything? Besides their opinions differ widely as well.

[churp]

Originally Posted by WRBlue

...
Any time before about 1982. Until the gas crisises of the 70s, Japanese cars almost didn't exist here, and thoes that did were like the Subaru 360 - barely enough power to move.
In the 70s, people bought them, but they wern't cool and were un-american. ......

I can only assume your parents hadn't met yet at that time. Here's a short history each within a year or two in the US.....Datsun and Toyota had a full line of cars in the late 60's including pickups, Honda introduced the 600's in '71, Civic in '73, Accord in '76, Prelude in '78....Datsun (I had a '67 411 with factory dual carbs) the famous 510 introduced in 68, 1600 & 2000 roadsters in late 60's also, 240Z '70, 260Z '72, 280Z '74, 280ZX '78......Toyota Celica introduced in '74, Supra in '79....Think Mazda came to the US in early '70s and the RX7 came in "79. I'm sure I missed some of the early 'rice', but you get the picture, and every one of them except the Honda 600's and the rotary, mechanically outlasted nearly every American car produced then.

Quite a few of these existed before the 1st gas crisis (winter of 73/74) and dealers couldn't stock enough 240Z's (some stupid American dealers even stuck vinyl tops on them just to make money...they were a sure sell).

[OgDogg]

Originally Posted by reznunt

rice is delicious and i'll eat it with fried chicken and beans.

[Nigal]

To me the difference between a ricer and a tuner is that the ricer starts from the skin in and the tuner starts from the inside out. The ricer will tack on big Tupperware bumpers before putting on an intake. The tuner will put on a custom cat back system where the muffler is hidden before lowering his ride. The ricer will put as much shit on his car as he can. The tuner tries to make his ride distinctive with as few major mods as possible.

[jdium]

Tuner makes about as much sense as ricer IMO. Putting a conical filter on a car does not "tune" the car. Can someone help me as to the background behind the term? I have seen companies such as Saleen with Mustangs referred to as tuners, which seems appropriate. But someone putting an exhaust and an antenna on his yaris does not seem to warrant the same term...