Will the "rice" fad ever die?
#107
Oh, funny aside to this.....
A good friend of mine is half Japanese and has lived here and in Japan. In Japan there is a group that is heavily into modified and pimped out vans (the 70s in the US was pure amateur night compared to these guys). Anyway, in Japan they are nicknamed......
Hamburger boys!
A good friend of mine is half Japanese and has lived here and in Japan. In Japan there is a group that is heavily into modified and pimped out vans (the 70s in the US was pure amateur night compared to these guys). Anyway, in Japan they are nicknamed......
Hamburger boys!
#108
How much are CRX's worth? I see one in town on some back road, in OK shape, old blue paint with a stripe ro soemthing down the sides.. maybe lower fenders and doors are black? Can't remember, anyhow, I don't know the mileage yet, but what is a fair-ok condition CRX worth? It was for sale for 400 and i thought it might be a fun project for maybe making my brother a car or something for when he gets his license. Any idea on value?
#109
Originally Posted by Geo
Wrong.
Rice, in the common usage today, is short for riceboy. As I posted previously, you need to go to Bryan's Riceboy Page to get more background on this. Read the history as well. Bryan coined the term "riceboy."
Riceboy, or rice for short, has nothing to do with the origin of the driver or the car. It's more of a state of mind of the car owner.
Rice, in the common usage today, is short for riceboy. As I posted previously, you need to go to Bryan's Riceboy Page to get more background on this. Read the history as well. Bryan coined the term "riceboy."
Riceboy, or rice for short, has nothing to do with the origin of the driver or the car. It's more of a state of mind of the car owner.
Come on, I distinctly remember the term "rice burner" from the early 80s. Props to Bryan but I wouldn't go on a ledge to say he invented the term.
BTW, Scott, AWESOME rally pics!
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the kraut thing: kinda off from that, but my old boss called mine a jew burner.....and so no one gets offended, i am both polish and german descent. so maybe ill spontaneously combust someday....but i think i took it way too far. ban me!
#113
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Originally Posted by kennycoulter
that fiat looks like a yugo! and i want the mirrors from the alfa for the 944!
Now what's the French equivalent of rice, bean, wheat or kraut?
#115
Originally Posted by Joe Anstett
And where do you think that term derived from? How the heck does one independently apply the so-far unused "rice" description to describe a "riceboy"? What's the magic connection Bryan used in a vacuum in 1997?
Come on, I distinctly remember the term "rice burner" from the early 80s. Props to Bryan but I wouldn't go on a ledge to say he invented the term.
BTW, Scott, AWESOME rally pics!
Come on, I distinctly remember the term "rice burner" from the early 80s. Props to Bryan but I wouldn't go on a ledge to say he invented the term.
BTW, Scott, AWESOME rally pics!
Originally Posted by Tony K
Then I shouldn't need to tell you that. Take a count of 10 year old Hondas next time you go up to see your folks!
#116
Originally Posted by Joe Anstett
And where do you think that term derived from? How the heck does one independently apply the so-far unused "rice" description to describe a "riceboy"? What's the magic connection Bryan used in a vacuum in 1997?
Come on, I distinctly remember the term "rice burner" from the early 80s. Props to Bryan but I wouldn't go on a ledge to say he invented the term.
BTW, Scott, AWESOME rally pics!
Come on, I distinctly remember the term "rice burner" from the early 80s. Props to Bryan but I wouldn't go on a ledge to say he invented the term.
BTW, Scott, AWESOME rally pics!
But, the common usage of "rice" to describe gaudy and overdone cars does indeed stem from Bryan's Riceboy Page.
The overdone gaudy look brought cries of "riceboy." Then, it got shortened to ricer. And lastly, cars done in such a fashion have simply been known as rice. And since riceboy, ricer, and rice applies to all such overdone and gaudy cars be they Honduhs, Nissans, Porsches, or BMWs, this holds true.
As you correctly noted, the term rice rocket has been around for years. But terming a car rice, or ricey, or the driver a ricer has only been around since Bryan launched his page.
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Question:
Does anyone in Europe actually buy American automobiles? If you are in any part of Europe, how often to you see Chevys, Pontiacs, Buicks, Cadillacs? Are there Saturn dealerships? Who drives Chryslers?
Other than Ford Europe, Im not sure Ive ever seen US-bred cars even on TV when I watch stuff from Europe -- movies, shows, etc. Is this because to import them they are too expensive compared to Euro makes like Opel, Fiat, Peugeot, Lancia, etc? Or os it because europeans know American cars are, for the most part, gigantic hunks of shibbidy.
Any Mr Cultural World Traveler or someone out there got an answer for me?
Does anyone in Europe actually buy American automobiles? If you are in any part of Europe, how often to you see Chevys, Pontiacs, Buicks, Cadillacs? Are there Saturn dealerships? Who drives Chryslers?
Other than Ford Europe, Im not sure Ive ever seen US-bred cars even on TV when I watch stuff from Europe -- movies, shows, etc. Is this because to import them they are too expensive compared to Euro makes like Opel, Fiat, Peugeot, Lancia, etc? Or os it because europeans know American cars are, for the most part, gigantic hunks of shibbidy.
Any Mr Cultural World Traveler or someone out there got an answer for me?
#119
Originally Posted by Geo
As you correctly noted, the term rice rocket has been around for years. But terming a car rice, or ricey, or the driver a ricer has only been around since Bryan launched his page.
#120
Originally Posted by NZ951
How do you know this?
I knew about Bryan's Riceboy Page shortly after he launched it when I heard the term Riceboy for the first time. I've watched as Riceboy became Ricer for short, and Rice to describe the car and/or mods.
Prior to this I was very familiar with the term rice rocket (and as already has been said, that was typically used to describe Japanese motorcycles).
Prior to Bryan's Riceboy Page being launched the words Ricer and Rice were not used as they are today or even close. OK, I'm sure someone somewhere did, but the terms as they are used today evolved from Riceboy. And the words Ricer and Rice are used in ways that are totally in sync with Riceboy.
Trust me. This is true. I have lived it and I've been a car enthusiast almost as long as I can remember. I was reading Car & Driver and Road & Track (US enthusiast publications) when I was around 8, (35 years ago) so I'm not just a newbie to the enthusiast world either.