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toddnappi · 11-22-2002, 08:25 PM

good point. i've takento the policy of just ignoring everyone's cars on the road, it is pointless to be like "aww thats gay!" to every car u dont like. just casue u dont like it doesnt mean its a piece of shit. i dont care what people think a couple hondas are cool and ive grown to like a lot of the "trendy" stuff. but my car is my car and i dont do things to influence others. now i always think - where the hell do they get the money to do that? a couple of my friends make a shitload of money selling weed, so i guess they could be drug cars... oh well that was a little OT a little rant...

Fresh 240SX · 11-22-2002, 10:01 PM

yes it is OT but.... someone will move it eventually....

Anyways i look at it like this

Rice is something you would do to you car that has no preformance value and or positve effect to benifit the car in anyway other than making it look like something its not.

There are flaws to my argument.... Bodykits... Yes if you wanna get into it most are useless.... but some do provide aerodymamic and venting/intake beinfits.... but if you get one for the sole purpose of saying you have one then well your a ricer.

someone once said to me...

"it is not rice, If you like it"

Basicly what hes saying is, I love the metal wing on my... (insert F/F cars here, civic, neon, jbodys, ect, ect)

Sure i explained to him the reason why cars have wings.. but most of those are infact race cars.... and they are F/R.

But since he liked the look if it.. its not rice.

Personally its come to the point im my life where i personally dont care anymore what someone does to there "ride". Ive seen too many kids that wake up one day and decide they like imports, sport-compacts or whatever its being marketed as today. They are self proclaimed experts in a matter of 48 hours or less on the subject and all begin to persue anything to do with or associated with cars.

Im by no means knocking the ones who may gain interest later than others in our shared interest... Just the ones who now believe they know everything.

The whole import thing did expolde to the current fad state that it is now.. Eveyone (espically girls) thinks civics are fast or the car to have... Did the internet tell them this?

No... I see the internet as a great way to connect with others of the same interests who can help you with you project. Not to mention the vast knowledge that is stored on the many websites and forums that you can't just figure out on your own.

The internet has been the scape goat for many things however I blame it on popular choice.... Movies like F&F..

Maybe.... but there still were a few "riced out" cars way before that movie became an itch on my bag.

Magazines?

Not all things in Magazines are a "rice" influence... Super Street im my opinion is like the worst one going.. nothing but the same ads for the same parts on just about every page.

As for them being your only influence if you had no internet connection.. well i would have to say No as well... yea it is a common fact that alot of the cars in those magazines are bling bling rice rockets... however that would not always appeal to certian people... Its popular with the honda civic crowd because Super Street and other things like that forcefeed that crap to you and now everyone wants a civic because "there so fast" and they wanna "do it up"

that my friend is the typical rice mantality. Slow car that has little or no mods to it besides bodykit.....rims....cheap paint job and rice exhaust and low budget bass quake stereo.

So yes the internet has helped me make descisions on things like parts and procedures... no it has not influenced me in the NON -Rice ways.... if i was a ricer believe me my stock S13 would be running 9's with nothing but Nismo stickers on the doors.

Yes there are nice civics and yes when you boil it down its still a FF enono car with abit of kick.

So i said to the guy with '94 Cavalier... $100 home paint job full of paint that rain down the side as you painted it...drips and cracks, Bright blue bottom of the line sparcos.. Cheap Stereo, Rice Pipe, Knock off BBS $39.95 rims and metal wing...

Just because you like it..... does not exclude the fact that
A. Your car IS a piece of crap
B. You ruined a perfectly good family car <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'>
and
C. Yes it is still rice even though you like it.

However this is the major flaw to my argument and this is key

this kid has the internet... and he must look at things online...

However his influence is the people he hangs with, and quite possibly magazines..

So if you managed to follow me this far....

Answer me this.... What drives a person do do things like cutting springs when there are people telling him on many levels that its a dumb thing to do.

Is it the sheer desire to make the car as craptastic as possible? Where in the human DNA is this gene and can we force the people who have it to get fixed so they cannot reproduce... the last thing i wanna see when im running out the clock in florida is some hydrogen powered 2052 Civic ripping down my lot in Del Boca Vista with its faux FMIC sticking through a poorly painted aftermarket bumper (knock off brand of course)

*sorry for the long rant but i have not been on in awhile and i had to let loose"

Bomix · 11-22-2002, 10:02 PM

umm...yeah....ok...  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/lookaround.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':look:'> moving on..

AKADriver · 11-22-2002, 11:30 PM

Bah, who cares.

Rice is comic relief, on the internet and off.

For the people I know in the parts business, it pays the bills nicely, giving them the edge to sell real performance parts at lower prices.  Rice benefits the community <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'>

I figured I'd try to bring this thread on topic by throwing in a riced 240SX.. enjoy.  If someone on the forums owns this car - you are an idiot. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'>

KiDyNomiTe · 11-22-2002, 11:32 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (James @ Nov. 22 2002,11:26)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Dear God,
Can I have back the 2 minutes I wasted reading Fresh240sx's post?
thanks,
James

p.s. You're doing a great job! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
lol 4 minutes for me, i should take some speed reading courses <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'>

But your all right, at one point you don't know better.

The first car I wanted was an Eclipse GS-T, I wanted a Battle Z kit exhaust and a BOV, I didn't really know what else to do to the car so I stopped there. Keep in mind this is like 3 years ago and I was 13 (for all you mathemeticians out their, I'm 16). Then I wanted a prelude, same general mods, then as I slowly realized that money is harder to come by than I thought, I wanted a talon.

I have no idea how I fell in love with 240s. I remember going on 240sx.org but I don't know why. My decision was basically down to a talon TSi or a 240SX. And for last year and a half or so I wanted an S13.

Don't even get me started on how many times I changed my plans with 240s.

Basically the last 2 paragraphs were me rambling, but I guess I could consider myself a former ricer, luckily I wasn't old enough to get a car, or I would be like the other 5 people in my school with talons. Although DSMs are still nice, especially the older ones.

thelinja · 11-23-2002, 12:00 AM

Yeah, I used to be all about that ricer stuff...stickers, spoilers and whatnot...I think this forum actually changed some of my perspectives on cars...

thelinja · 11-23-2002, 12:04 AM

sorry for the multi-postage here....The car I wanted way back before the 240SX was a 91 Supra turbo...that wasn't very realistic though because I was just dreaming...but then when I was set on buying a new car before college I really wanted a Civic Si..and boy am I glad I didn't get one.  And then I wanted a Jetta...and then one day I saw an S14. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/inlove.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'>

Break Beats · 11-23-2002, 02:36 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (AKADriver @ Nov. 23 2002,01:30)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">//img// Riced out 240sx //img//

I figured I'd try to bring this thread on topic by throwing in a riced 240SX.. enjoy. If someone on the forums owns this car - you are an idiot. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

HAHAHA! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/crazy.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':crazy:'> Wow that just made my day. So true!

Jim96SC2 · 11-23-2002, 07:59 AM

Well I got into 240's because I saw it in Sport Compact Car! I immediatly went out and got a SR20DET, but I didn't know how to install it so I just duct-taped the valve cover, turbo, and intercooler into my engine bay and said "I run 10's y0". I put the biggest (4") cat back exhaust on my car, with a 7" tip (+5hp per inch&#33<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'>, and got all the Meugen, Skunk2, and TRD stickers I could! Fools know I mean business when I roll up on my 19" rims I got at Pep Boys! Fo Sho!

11-22-2002, 10:01 PM	#2
Fresh 240SX Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Niagara Region, Canada Age: 37 Posts: 478 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yes it is OT but.... someone will move it eventually.... Anyways i look at it like this Rice is something you would do to you car that has no preformance value and or positve effect to benifit the car in anyway other than making it look like something its not. There are flaws to my argument.... Bodykits... Yes if you wanna get into it most are useless.... but some do provide aerodymamic and venting/intake beinfits.... but if you get one for the sole purpose of saying you have one then well your a ricer. someone once said to me... "it is not rice, If you like it" Basicly what hes saying is, I love the metal wing on my... (insert F/F cars here, civic, neon, jbodys, ect, ect) Sure i explained to him the reason why cars have wings.. but most of those are infact race cars.... and they are F/R. But since he liked the look if it.. its not rice. Personally its come to the point im my life where i personally dont care anymore what someone does to there "ride". Ive seen too many kids that wake up one day and decide they like imports, sport-compacts or whatever its being marketed as today. They are self proclaimed experts in a matter of 48 hours or less on the subject and all begin to persue anything to do with or associated with cars. Im by no means knocking the ones who may gain interest later than others in our shared interest... Just the ones who now believe they know everything. The whole import thing did expolde to the current fad state that it is now.. Eveyone (espically girls) thinks civics are fast or the car to have... Did the internet tell them this? No... I see the internet as a great way to connect with others of the same interests who can help you with you project. Not to mention the vast knowledge that is stored on the many websites and forums that you can't just figure out on your own. The internet has been the scape goat for many things however I blame it on popular choice.... Movies like F&F.. Maybe.... but there still were a few "riced out" cars way before that movie became an itch on my bag. Magazines? Not all things in Magazines are a "rice" influence... Super Street im my opinion is like the worst one going.. nothing but the same ads for the same parts on just about every page. As for them being your only influence if you had no internet connection.. well i would have to say No as well... yea it is a common fact that alot of the cars in those magazines are bling bling rice rockets... however that would not always appeal to certian people... Its popular with the honda civic crowd because Super Street and other things like that forcefeed that crap to you and now everyone wants a civic because "there so fast" and they wanna "do it up" that my friend is the typical rice mantality. Slow car that has little or no mods to it besides bodykit.....rims....cheap paint job and rice exhaust and low budget bass quake stereo. So yes the internet has helped me make descisions on things like parts and procedures... no it has not influenced me in the NON -Rice ways.... if i was a ricer believe me my stock S13 would be running 9's with nothing but Nismo stickers on the doors. Yes there are nice civics and yes when you boil it down its still a FF enono car with abit of kick. So i said to the guy with '94 Cavalier... $100 home paint job full of paint that rain down the side as you painted it...drips and cracks, Bright blue bottom of the line sparcos.. Cheap Stereo, Rice Pipe, Knock off BBS $39.95 rims and metal wing... Just because you like it..... does not exclude the fact that A. Your car IS a piece of crap B. You ruined a perfectly good family car <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> and C. Yes it is still rice even though you like it. However this is the major flaw to my argument and this is key this kid has the internet... and he must look at things online... However his influence is the people he hangs with, and quite possibly magazines.. So if you managed to follow me this far.... Answer me this.... What drives a person do do things like cutting springs when there are people telling him on many levels that its a dumb thing to do. Is it the sheer desire to make the car as craptastic as possible? Where in the human DNA is this gene and can we force the people who have it to get fixed so they cannot reproduce... the last thing i wanna see when im running out the clock in florida is some hydrogen powered 2052 Civic ripping down my lot in Del Boca Vista with its faux FMIC sticking through a poorly painted aftermarket bumper (knock off brand of course) *sorry for the long rant but i have not been on in awhile and i had to let loose" __________________

11-22-2002, 11:30 PM	#4
AKADriver Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Springfield, VA Age: 39 Posts: 3,112 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Bah, who cares. Rice is comic relief, on the internet and off. For the people I know in the parts business, it pays the bills nicely, giving them the edge to sell real performance parts at lower prices.  Rice benefits the community <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> I figured I'd try to bring this thread on topic by throwing in a riced 240SX.. enjoy.  If someone on the forums owns this car - you are an idiot. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'>

11-22-2002, 11:32 PM	#5
KiDyNomiTe Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Chicago Age: 35 Posts: 6,296 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: KiDyNomiTe Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (James @ Nov. 22 2002,11:26)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Dear God, Can I have back the 2 minutes I wasted reading Fresh240sx's post? thanks, James p.s. You're doing a great job! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> lol 4 minutes for me, i should take some speed reading courses <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> But your all right, at one point you don't know better. The first car I wanted was an Eclipse GS-T, I wanted a Battle Z kit exhaust and a BOV, I didn't really know what else to do to the car so I stopped there. Keep in mind this is like 3 years ago and I was 13 (for all you mathemeticians out their, I'm 16). Then I wanted a prelude, same general mods, then as I slowly realized that money is harder to come by than I thought, I wanted a talon. I have no idea how I fell in love with 240s. I remember going on 240sx.org but I don't know why. My decision was basically down to a talon TSi or a 240SX. And for last year and a half or so I wanted an S13. Don't even get me started on how many times I changed my plans with 240s. Basically the last 2 paragraphs were me rambling, but I guess I could consider myself a former ricer, luckily I wasn't old enough to get a car, or I would be like the other 5 people in my school with talons. Although DSMs are still nice, especially the older ones. __________________ PROCEED Grip Gambler

11-23-2002, 12:04 AM	#7
thelinja Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,466 Trader Rating: (3) Rides Gallery: thelinja Feedback Score: 3 reviews	sorry for the multi-postage here....The car I wanted way back before the 240SX was a 91 Supra turbo...that wasn't very realistic though because I was just dreaming...but then when I was set on buying a new car before college I really wanted a Civic Si..and boy am I glad I didn't get one.  And then I wanted a Jetta...and then one day I saw an S14. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/inlove.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>

11-23-2002, 07:59 AM	#9
Jim96SC2 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Age: 39 Posts: 405 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Well I got into 240's because I saw it in Sport Compact Car! I immediatly went out and got a SR20DET, but I didn't know how to install it so I just duct-taped the valve cover, turbo, and intercooler into my engine bay and said "I run 10's y0". I put the biggest (4") cat back exhaust on my car, with a 7" tip (+5hp per inch&#33<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>, and got all the Meugen, Skunk2, and TRD stickers I could! Fools know I mean business when I roll up on my 19" rims I got at Pep Boys! Fo Sho! __________________ Swap DONE: 40K Redtop, Greddy Turbo extension, Greddy DP, Greddy V-SPL FMIC, Greddy Hotpipe, HKS SSQV, Koyo Radiator, Toda Ultralight FW, Spec Stage 2 Clutch, ATS 2-way Diff., Rice-Boy Red Air Filter.

11-22-2002, 08:25 PM	#1
toddnappi Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: NJ Age: 36 Posts: 439 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	good point. i've takento the policy of just ignoring everyone's cars on the road, it is pointless to be like "aww thats gay!" to every car u dont like. just casue u dont like it doesnt mean its a piece of shit. i dont care what people think a couple hondas are cool and ive grown to like a lot of the "trendy" stuff. but my car is my car and i dont do things to influence others. now i always think - where the hell do they get the money to do that? a couple of my friends make a shitload of money selling weed, so i guess they could be drug cars... oh well that was a little OT a little rant...

11-22-2002, 10:02 PM	#3
Bomix Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PA/NJ Age: 40 Posts: 269 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	umm...yeah....ok...  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/lookaround.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':look:'> moving on.. __________________ Be Real and Genuine to your car, and it will naturally take it's own shape wootwoot..wanna buy (old pic)?

11-23-2002, 12:00 AM	#6
thelinja Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,466 Trader Rating: (3) Rides Gallery: thelinja Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Yeah, I used to be all about that ricer stuff...stickers, spoilers and whatnot...I think this forum actually changed some of my perspectives on cars...

11-23-2002, 02:36 AM	#8
Break Beats Leaky Injector Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 86 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (AKADriver @ Nov. 23 2002,01:30)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">//img// Riced out 240sx //img// I figured I'd try to bring this thread on topic by throwing in a riced 240SX.. enjoy. If someone on the forums owns this car - you are an idiot. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> HAHAHA! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/crazy.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':crazy:'> Wow that just made my day. So true!

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