I agree on 3 of the posted pictures being RICE. The blue civic and the 2 S2000's.

The white civic hatchback is HOT!!!. A drop, nice black and good size rims, subtle body enhancements and probably a lot of engine work that would smoke the $h!t out of 90% of S2000's out there starting with mine.

IMO:
- anything that looks like it came out of a cartoonist car dream is RICE.

- A totally stock S2000 painted bright green or purple = RICE.
- An S2000 with gold rims or blue cage = RICE.

- There are soo many ways of expressing the RICE gene. Love it or hate it, we all have it and either show it or flame it. No matter what you say or what excuse you have, it is still RICE.

 

Then they need to wear a damned helmet on the street as well. Many of the aftermarket roll cages for various vehicles (not just the s2k) are flat out dangerous if you are not wearing a helmet. People forget how much your body (specifically your head) can move during a collision that doesn't involve a flip (the vast majority of collisions). DOM tubing will win in a battle against your skull.

The s2000 has reasonable safe roll hoops for it's purpose. It's not a Jeep, it is not an easy car to flip. On the track there may be some merit to the additional cage structure but on the street it is more of a liability. I'm amazed at some of the bolt in cages for various cars that make it past the legal departments of these companies.

 

Who cares? If people want to rice out there cars so be it, its always good to get a laugh every once and a while.

As for what rice is? No idea, whatever I feel is stupid looking is "rice" whether it be functional and thats just my personal opinion.

 

I can't believe they're trying to legitimize our hard earned racial slur by claiming it's an acronym. What's next?

 

i agree 100% with the OP.

ive seen countless cars on here with "Ego Status" mods that look like complete crap. I wont say this is the case with everyone , but alot of people seem to think that because it costs alot, its not rice even it it looks like shit.

however, rice is to be interpreted by the person.



thats my old car. it was making a tad over 300whp when i finally got it running right and IMO it was tastefully done. however, i had my fair share of people calling me a ricer which makes the point. the term is to be interpreted and many people do so differently.

 

I actually don't mind the lights on the silver S2000, just that the kit has a bunch of unnecessary curves. As far as rice goes, I don't think people flame them as much because people have a lot more respect for S2000's. Not to mention most kids in real rice mobiles wish they had an S2000 instead. Flame suit on.

 

DAMN STRAIGHT!!!

I'm trying to make an effort to make my '98 Civic perform better and over a decade's worth of fart cannons and riced-out exhaust kits is making it very difficult to shop for an OEM replacement muffler at a good price over the Interwebs.

 

Some of the mods on imports are the automotive equivalent of a "blowout" hair style and those douchebag Gucci sunglasses North Jersey guys wear from that Jaegerbombs video.

 

[QUOTE=amik,Sep 3 2008, 05:09 PM] Then they need to wear a damned helmet on the street as well.

 

[QUOTE=PJCC,Sep 3 2008, 01:46 PM]The white civic hatchback is HOT!!!.