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I'm getting kind of tired of the Animosity between import and domestic car guys. All you ever hear is bashing between the two genres i personalty can appreciate the beauty of both types. No one ever gives someone crap about liking different flavors of ice cream, sports or woman.But as soon as you step over the boundary between import and domestic you're a Benedict Arnold. Wasn't this country built on the wonderful thing we call diversity? can we not appreciate technology as well as displacement? I believe a marriage between the two would produce some of the some of the greatest machinery we've seen to date. I enjoy a '51 Mercury hot rod as much as a '93 Toyota Supra done to the hilt. I believe both both are beautiful pieces or artwork in there own right. in the famous words of Rodney King ''Can't we all just get along?''

A person who makes unecessary modifications to their most often import car (hence the term "rice") to make it (mostly make it look) faster. The most common modifications are (but not limited to):

- Huge exhaust that serves no purpose but to make the car louder
- Large spoiler on the back that looks like something Boeing made for the 747
- Lots of after-market company stickers they don't have parts from, but must be cool
- Expensive rims that usually cost more than the car itself
- Bodykit to make the car appear lower, usually accented with chicken wire
- Clear tail lights and corner signals
- A "performace intake"- a tube that feeds cold air to their engine usually located in areas of excessive heat (behind or on top of the engine)
- Most of these riced cars (a.k.a. rice rockets or rice burners) are imports; Honda Civics, Accords, Integras, CRXs, RSXs, Del Sols Mitsubishi Eclipses, Lancers, Subaru Imprezas, however there are some domestics such as Chevrolet Caviliers, Dodge Neons, Ford Focus; small, slow, economy cars designed specifically to go slow. Please note that some Supras, Skylines, WRX's and other higher performance imports are designed to go fast, and are therfore not always considered rice. It really depends on the severity of the case.

The "ricer" attempts to make their car "performance" by adding the modifications listed above. These ricers are not confined...