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01-31-2007, 07:19 PM | #10 |
I contacted one of those advert agencies a while back, those ones that pay you to cover your car with a sticker - was actually like 300 a month depending on driving habits... pretty sweet deal until I looked at the type of advertising.... you get what they give you, imagine driving around a Yaris with rims, kit etc and 'Vagisil' pasted all over it.
found this, its kinda funny. Rice burner is a pejorative used initially to describe Asian-made — specifically Japanese-made — motorcycles and automobiles. Many variations have also been used, such as rice rocket for Japanese sport bikes. More contemporary use of the term rice burner, along with the prefix rice, has taken on an alternate pejorative meaning for an automobile that has been modified to give impression of high performance, but does not necessarily have any high-performance capabilities. This practice is in contrast to the "stealth" or "sleeper" style of automotive modification, where a vehicle may have major performance modifications, but the appearance remains similar to that of a stock model. In this manner, the appellation can apply to any vehicle regardless of country of origin. The most commonly modified cars are sport compacts, but the term can apply to any class of vehicle, including trucks. In Denmark, the drivers of these kind of asian-manufactured cars are referred to as "sushis". It is common for these people to hear comments like "move back to Japan" even if they are clearly not of Asian origin.
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