Am I a Ricer? Options

[BlackCelicaGT94]

^ oh dont say the word show car in relation to mine lol - its a street/mild car..i dont wanna put show anywhere near MY CAR lol. haha

simplicity -- thats how i like my car..now if only i could live my life around that word

[shortdogg2k05]

No.

Its a clean look better than stock. Your not pretending to throw skyline lights on and act like a racer, you went for a clean look thats no different than throwing on rims. You dont go around preaching you own a GT4.

Most ricers think they are fast and act it. Reckless driving, foolish rants, pointless mods lol.

So no, your not.

if a car has been tastefully modded, it's not rice.. @ least that's how i view people who mod their cars

These quotes sum up the way I feel about the whole thing. As far as I am concerned you have constructed a replica GT4, and there is nothing wrong with that.

[sinner96ST]

i think anyone who tries to make their import look like something it isnt = rice.

to me, if people spend thousands of dollars making a slow car look fast, they're wasting their money.

if you own a car that hasn't ever seen a track, the following makes your car look riced out :

white vinyl "sponsor" decals
racing seats
giant wings
gauges with no boost
extremely low suspension

if you're buying JDM parts and putting them on your car, more power to you. people who purchase OEM parts that are different than USDM just want 'the real deal' that they get over in japan.

the US market really rapes cars before they release them to the general public, i still have no idea why.

a gt-four conversion is fine, that's how the car was originally intended to be.

This post has been edited by sinner96ST: Nov 1, 2006 - 7:48 PM

[pure_dx]

this is a celica forum, what do you expect people will say? although some are already telling the truth, like that guy that said the 6g celica is already rice from the factory (USA spec). Ofcourse we dont get the fancy 3sge/3sgte like the rest of the world does.

Rice varies from community to community, person to person, depending on who you talk to and what you talk about. To me, doing and over-doing silly things on your car is rice. When all that money going into aesthetic/cosmetic could've gone into the engine.

I've been around here for a while, and im telling this from a non-celica owner that most of the people on here are rice. Body kits, expensive heavy rims, expensive paint jobs, jdm parts, god knows the list can go on and on, and i've been around here long enough that after-market parts for the 6gc is not cheap.

Personally, if i'm not a full time college student, if i have a stable job, financially fit, and have saved up enough money for my first major mod, I would've swapped in the top-end monster 3sgte in a GT or a 4age and turbo that s.o.b in an ST. Don't assume that i hate body kits, decals, big wings, etc, i love them! but without the "go" with the "show" it's pretty much rice to me.

Rice is also how you act, but that can be discuss in another lifetime.....

Now, whats your phone #? j/k....j/k

This post has been edited by pure_dx: Nov 1, 2006 - 7:51 PM

[sinner96ST]

^ that's rice.

This post has been edited by sinner96ST: Nov 1, 2006 - 7:52 PM

[x_itchy_b_x]

oh man that car is nice.

[pure_dx]

^thats a good example of what i'm talking about

most people will judge a book by its cover and call that tibby rice, to me it is somewhat rice at first when i look at it. But if it's fast and runs 10s, i give it respect

This post has been edited by pure_dx: Nov 1, 2006 - 7:57 PM

[sinner96ST]

i guarantee that thing doesn't do 10's.

i don't think there's actually been a hyundai that is a really a 'performance' car. that's my point - why bother to add that stuff if people know it's slow as dirt? it's a lie with 4 wheels, basically.

[pure_dx]

as a car enthusiast, you have to have an open mind. ANY car can be made fast if you have deep pockets$$$. There's a twin turbo tibby around where i live, im sure its in the 12s or 13s by now.

the style may be rice, and maybe the owner likes it, i sure dont, but if its fast, i give it respect. You see, there is a difference between giving it respect and liking it.

and this brings me to my next point. The car may be rice, but if the owner is cool as heck and knows it's rice, i wouldn't care what else happens to it, i give the owner respect. If you have a slow car and you think its the sh^t! and think you're all hardcore balla and sh^t and drive around like 4 fast 4 furious, then its just completely rice and you're a ricer.

/end preach

This post has been edited by pure_dx: Nov 1, 2006 - 8:31 PM

[hurley97]

opinions are very different. everyone qualifies as a ricer somehow to someone. but as long as you don't think your car is ricey, don't even worry about it

[gt_driFFter]

why bother to add that stuff if people know it's slow as dirt?

Why is it so hard to understand that some people DON'T WANT A FAST CAR? I got a celica and bought exterior mods because I want a nice looking daily driver. I will never drop a dime on performance, because that's not what I bought this car for.

[Batman722]

look, the GT-Four blocks were all we could get for a long time (now Romas makes the shaved) so it's not like any of us had a choice with those.

Ricer, I don't think so. If there was a GT-Four badge on the back of her car then yes.

[Consynx]

silly Nat. . .
ricers don't have boobs. . .

[Batman722]

it's just like the post you made here

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=22116

about the same thing

[ExSane]

I know damn well you ain't no "ricer". I've met and seen plenty of them and I myself is a "ricer" but I am in the process of converting Rice to Nice. Yours is Nice.

[confucious]

why bother to add that stuff if people know it's slow as dirt?

Why is it so hard to understand that some people DON'T WANT A FAST CAR? I got a celica and bought exterior mods because I want a nice looking daily driver. I will never drop a dime on performance, because that's not what I bought this car for.

don't lie to yourself. you know you'd LOVE a fast car

[slvr_celica_GT_8...]

my cars a little ricer, it sounds like it and it will soon look like i t with my new bodykit i got, but i dont care i guess i like rice

[sinner96ST]

why bother to add that stuff if people know it's slow as dirt?

Why is it so hard to understand that some people DON'T WANT A FAST CAR? I got a celica and bought exterior mods because I want a nice looking daily driver. I will never drop a dime on performance, because that's not what I bought this car for.

'looking cool' should have a two fold approach; it should look decent, and actually add to the performance of a car.

a 4 ft wing is for downforce on some extreme drag car, not for a honda civic. this is what i'm getting at. people add this **** to their car thinking it will help, when it just makes them look like a giant asshole that wasted some money on ebay.

if you don't want a fast car, then don't pretend it's fast by putting ebayed crap on it.

[confucious]

my cars a little ricer, it sounds like it and it will soon look like i t with my new bodykit i got, but i dont care i guess i like rice

at least you are honest. the only things i really see rice are the wipers and the stickers. maybe theres more to see on the inside?

[ExSane]

Hey hey hey.

Rice




Nice



This post has been edited by ExSane: Nov 2, 2006 - 12:08 AM