| Author | Message | ||
| Steve Zivkovic (Stevez)
New member Username: Stevez Post Number: 9 Registered: 2-2003 |
I remember Japanese bikes being called "rice burners" in the 70's. | ||
| Spongebob Squarepants (Pudden)
New member Username: Pudden Post Number: 6 Registered: 2-2003 |
Right Peter and that's why I was saying something to my husband about his use of the word. I just figured if he was going to use food to refer to certain cars, then he should be consistent and use food for all cars from different countries. Equal opportunity of course  I'm not sure he found it as funny as I did. I've always found it curious how terms like "rice" start, but then if you really think about it and try to apply it across the board, it becomes silly. I must have too much time on my hands this week to think all of this up. Actually, isn't this what Jerry Seinfeld gets paid big $$$$ to observe and point out to the rest of us? | ||
| Peter (Bubba)
Member Username: Bubba Post Number: 349 Registered: 5-2002 |
Japan, as most of them tend to be Japanese brand. I tend to think the term "ricer" is a derogatory referece to "racer" wannabe cars. | ||
| Drstranglove (Drstranglove)
Member Username: Drstranglove Post Number: 410 Registered: 4-2003 |
China or Japan??? DrS | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 992 Registered: 10-2001 |
Spongebob is amazing ! | ||
| Spongebob Squarepants (Pudden)
New member Username: Pudden Post Number: 5 Registered: 2-2003 |
Ok. That explains a lot. I didn't realize (or pay attention) that the term had been around that long. I just always thought that cars with cheap body kits and fake stickers and diving boards - I mean huge spoilers - were just called dumb cars. But that seems like a topic on another thread here. | ||
| Mark (Markg)
Member Username: Markg Post Number: 481 Registered: 2-2001 |
Being of the generation of original 'rice rocket' owners (Datsun 1200, 510 and 240Z) I remember term being used even back then. I refered to my Porsche 911 as 'The Schnitzel". I call my 308 "Dulcinea", | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1018 Registered: 12-2002 |
crumpets lol I might actually use that...in a good way of course. | ||
| Robert McNair (Rrm)
Member Username: Rrm Post Number: 362 Registered: 5-2002 |
I can remember hearing that term all the way back in the 80's high performance japanese bikes were commonly referred to as rice rockets. | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Advanced Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 3053 Registered: 6-2001 |
The term 'rice' being used to describe certain cars came from the fact that rice is a staple in the countries where they are produced. The term 'rice' has since become more widespread. Now, cars from other continents can be described as 'rice' if they are equipped with certain things like non-functional body kits, stickers for parts not actually on the car, badging of a a higher trim model on a lower or even base model (ex. type-r sticker on an integra LS), etc. | ||
| Schnelles Fräulein (Miss_m_treiber)
Junior Member Username: Miss_m_treiber Post Number: 56 Registered: 4-2003 |
spongebob squarepants in the flesh! i love you! | ||
| Spongebob Squarepants (Pudden)
New member Username: Pudden Post Number: 4 Registered: 2-2003 |
I was complaining to my husband the other day about him calling certain cars “rice”. He happens to be of German descent, so I asked him how it would sound if people started referring to souped up Bimmers as “sauerkraut”? All he did was laugh and add why not call English cars “crumpets” too? Well, that wasn’t the point I had been trying to make. I mean, isn’t it kind of silly when you think about it like that? It sounds pretty dumb to me. Who decided that certain cars should be called “rice” anyway? |