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Aug 31, 2008 | 09:09 AM

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The Gasman

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Originally Posted by MikeyCB,Aug 31 2008, 01:21 AM

RICE originally came from Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement or something to that effect, I do believe. Basically it was the stylistic "flair" stuff that people added to their cars for asthetics only with no real performance improvement.

I think it was miscontrued over time to mean vehicle that was Asian and tacky.

I thought it was from rice rocket, originally talking about sporty Asian cars from countries where rice is a main staple food. It's energy, so rice rocket.