My thoughts regarding this forum

[loafer650]

Originally Posted by churp

Rice, by itself, to me means an Asian built/designed car....period. And I don't mean this in any way as a racial/prejudiced comment!!!! I think there are lots of adjectives that mean different things to different people. This is an argument that no one wins or agrees on. To me (for all cars) over the top means an excellant combination of modifications, while overboard describes a vehicle with nonfuctional mismatched mods.

this isnt an argument. and churp your definition is exactly what most ppl think rice is. thats why i am wondering why someone who owns a yari would refer to parts as "RICEy" or "fart cans". ive only ever heard those terms used for imports and never for US domestics. just want ppls opinion as to what "rice" means to them. maybe we could all learn something.

[Black Yaris]

Originally Posted by churp

Rice, by itself, to me means an Asian built/designed car....period. And I don't mean this in any way as a racial/prejudiced comment!!!! I think there are lots of adjectives that mean different things to different people. This is an argument that no one wins or agrees on. To me (for all cars) over the top means an excellant combination of modifications, while overboard describes a vehicle with nonfuctional mismatched mods.

Originally Posted by loafer650

this isnt an argument. and churp your definition is exactly what most ppl think rice is. thats why i am wondering why someone who owns a yari would refer to parts as "RICEy" or "fart cans". ive only ever heard those terms used for imports and never for US domestics. just want ppls opinion as to what "rice" means to them. maybe we could all learn something.

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.

[kurokoma-kun]

Originally Posted by Imagine

Actually... IMO, anything made in Asia is rice. Anything "made in US" is wannabe rice.

US rice = Uncle Bens

To me rice is the non-functional mods, huge wings and so forth, whether domestic or import.

It's interesting that some people think of any Asian import car as rice--I have only thought of bikes this way, as in kawasaki etc being rice rockets.

[Imagine]

Originally Posted by kurokoma-kun

US rice = Uncle Bens

Ah! Si.. Good point.

[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.

[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

[churp]

Originally Posted by WRBlue

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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).