is rice racist?

[Polygon]

I think that the term is misused and overused a lot of the time, but it is by no means a racist remark.

[darklight]

i wasnt talking about your cuda i was talking about the jap crap cars.

[LjasonL]

Originally posted by Bryan8412


By generalizing everyone who says the word, you, sir, have made a prejudice remark. How can you say anyone who calls something a "ricer" is a hater and a wannabe? Shit gets talked regardless, and yes it comes from the experts and fastest for a reason. Consider an anology. A person who has no knowledge of martial arts whatsoever walks into a martial arts school and pretends to know what they're doing, what do you think the reaction will be from the true martial artists? Will they appreciate them and respect them because maybe they know what they're doing (ala have something under the hood you dont know about)? Hell no. It's simple. Martial artists (the majority) don't show off or abuse their talent, and true racers do not need a sticker to tell others they're fast; if they're skill is tested it will suffice as demostration of their talents. And another thing, the appearance of speed can in turn compromise speed, making such a term more appropriate when referring to such vehicles. I can tell you right now no real racer would have 22" rims and a huge wing. The rims would compromise handleing, and the large wing would diminish the aerodynamics of the car. So lacking knowledge of what's under the hood, it's easy to distinguish real racers. And unfortunatly, movies like Fast and the Furious spread this ignorance, and some who may have real racing talent may possess such assets on their cars, and they will live and learn, just like the other facets of life. I am by no means bashing imports, i enjoy their look and nostalgic, and many can be done very tastefully and preform well. But regardless, the term ricer as it is used in context today, refers to cars which possess outlandish and unnessicary body modifications that fail to contribute or in turn diminish the preformance of the car. The term knows no race, company, or country. A ford can be just as much rice as a civic could be. Many terms start out racist but lose their roots as the term crosses boundries as i think we have here...

AMEN BROTHA!

[Bryan8412]

Originally posted by ldelaysionl


AMEN BROTHA!

I had to lay it down ya know :smoka:

[Neutrino]

Originally posted by Bryan8412


the term ricer as it is used in context today, refers to cars which possess outlandish and unnessicary body modifications that fail to contribute or in turn diminish the preformance of the car. The term knows no race, company, or country.

Excellent point.

[Firebird]

Hell yeah Bryan you put it just how it should be. I reffer to stupid looking cars (ie. 22" wheels, big wings, 5" exhaust tips) as "ricers" all of the time BUT I in no way ever ment anything racest by it I've seen many nicely done imports even a few I'd like to drive around. I just Have one question for the import side of the "ricers" (not that all imports are rice , of course) but my question is look at Pro Sport Compact race cars NONE of them have huge wings, or 22" wheels, or 5" exhaust tips so where the hell did this become the fad of all of these types of cars? I know that in the beginning it was all to be origanal but now it's SO over done. I don't get it.

[LjasonL]

Originally posted by Firebird
I just Have one question for the import side of the "ricers" (not that all imports are rice , of course) but my question is look at Pro Sport Compact race cars NONE of them have huge wings, or 22" wheels, or 5" exhaust tips so where the hell did this become the fad of all of these types of cars? I know that in the beginning it was all to be origanal but now it's SO over done. I don't get it.

i have 15inch wheels and no spoiler, so obviously i dont get it either. its funny that even on the street all the fast imports are the ones with few body mods. thats the way it is here anyway. ive got my tint and wheels, the 335hp focus has tint, lowering and wheels, the turbo civic just has wheels, a supra turbo with a big front mount intercooler and lots of engine work, even has his stock spoiler removed. then theres these cars with thousands, and i mean THOUSANDS, in body kits and paint and spoilers, and theyre all slow. seems funny to me.

[LjasonL]

i got bored, so i created this to show that ANY car can be ricey when in the wrong hands, not just little imports. this is the car from bryans sig, modified to be "PiMp As HeLl DaWg!"
before:

after:

[Gonthrax]

Originally posted by ldelaysionl
i got bored, so i created this to show that ANY car can be ricey when in the wrong hands, not just little imports. this is the car from bryans sig, modified to be "PiMp As HeLl DaWg!"
before:

after:

ROFL! :hehehe: Thats some funny stuff

[MoJoRaCeR]

Originally posted by Bryan8412


I had to lay it down ya know :smoka:

thank the f-----g lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LjasonL]

LOOK WHAT I FOUND!... wish i could take credit for this one but unfortunately i cant, got this off i-club

that makes mine look so crappy

[Gonthrax]

Originally posted by ldelaysionl
LOOK WHAT I FOUND!... wish i could take credit for this one but unfortunately i cant, got this off i-club

that makes mine look so crappy

There are some good photoshopers on I-Club

[Bryan8412]

Originally posted by ldelaysionl
after:

noooooo!!!! that beautiful all-american muscle (well its a kit car but when it was originally made it was :P) has been stripped of its dignity! bastard!!! nice photoshopping though, how'd you get a front end to line up so nicely?

[LjasonL]

Originally posted by Bryan8412


noooooo!!!! that beautiful all-american muscle (well its a kit car but when it was originally made it was :P) has been stripped of its dignity! bastard!!! nice photoshopping though, how'd you get a front end to line up so nicely?

i really dont know it just kinda lined up... lucky i guess

[Polygon]

Originally posted by ldelaysionl
LOOK WHAT I FOUND!... wish i could take credit for this one but unfortunately i cant, got this off i-club

that makes mine look so crappy

LOL, that poor RAM. :hehe: