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Not to descend too deeply into certain unkosher rectal-based practices here, but your average ricer (who is, however, not so average as to have a non-fluid definition yet) mods everything BUT the engine, because he is, on average, a retard.
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Somewhere near where I live, there's a car that has arguably the biggest "WTF??!!?" factor. Picture this: a mid-80's beat up Japanese hatchback (not sure what kind), rusting, most of the body panel have mismatched paint. And on the back, mounted about 2 feet above the body, is an "airfoil" made from a 2x8 plank of unfinished wood. Now that's pathetic. Wish I had a picture of this to show you.
B.J.
*Edit* - Okay Cartman, you and this person would get along just fine.
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Back in New Zealand - and, yes, I'm no longer there, mercifully; my wife had a medical problem which meant we had to come back sooner than planned - new cars are about the same price as they are in the UK (and houses too); since the salaries are about a third to half what they are in the Uk, however, this means that most cars in NZ are second-hand Jap imports. Common practice to buy a really cheap car (especially since they can drive when they're 15 but can't afford decent insurance on any sort of decent car until they're 25) and modify the hell out of it. Spoilers, fins, outsize exhausts, shiny mags - which, far as I can tell, are hubcaps. . .
quote:Originally posted by Cartman: Also, thisismycar and don't you dare ridicule it.
Holy shit... what the fuck is that?!
I haven't modified the outside of my car as you can tell from my pic. I want rims to replace the factory hubcaps. Also get the Lancer OZ/Ralliart style spoiler.
However, because I think engine performance and suspension handling mods are more important than silly body kits that don't increase power or serve much purpose.
Following pics show one of the engine mods I've made. The first is the factory air intake. The big black scoop looking thing. The second pic you can see the polished silver Injen cold air intake.
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"Okay, I'm going to have to give up and ask what the hell everyone means by 'ricer'. Is it Japanese cars, modified Japanese cars, modified cars in general, or what?"
#3. Although the term originated because of the preponderance of #2. And I've also noticed that members of the older generations tend to use variations on the word "rice" to describe #1.
But, in this thread, it's #3. Any car that's been modified to look "fast", without actually doing anything to make it perform better.
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Think of it as The Fast and the Furious without the engine performance and the hot groupy chicks.
My car looks like this one... except that it's Impulse Red and needs a wash. I'll take photos of it after it hits the carwash later this afternoon. A Facimile of my car.
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As I understand it, a ricer is also what we swedes call a 'durkslag', a bowl with holes in the bottom to drain the water from shall we say pasta? Kitchen tool.
So maybe the first proto-ricer persons in the 1930's fastened shiny metal kitchen things to their cars' corners and hubcaps, to adorn and embellish them, although not in so many words.
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That's a colander. A ricer also has holes in it, but it also has a levered press that pushes a potato through said holes. At least, I think I'm thinking of the right thing. Either way, the holey bowl of which you speak is a colander.
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"Ricer" isn't so much derived from the name of any kitchen appliance as it is a contraction of "rice burner", which, I think, leaves little question as to the term's original ethnic connotations.
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It was my understanding that "ricer" was shortened from "rice cooker." The idea being that Japanese cars are so affordable because they employ a small rice cooker instead of a proper engine.
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