Well, I only read half of this post before yawning but I have a view on "rice". Rice in the slang term as it applies to vehicle modifications is a word to describe "tackiness" in my opinion ... tackiness to the point of absolutely no HP gains and destroying a car's natural beauty. In other words, looking like a race car, but not living up to it ... talkin' the talk but not walkin' the walk. Sure, chalk it up to personal expression ... but that's what makes everyone different and why we all don't agree on the same things or share the same tastes. Some people just have different priorities. Maybe, just maybe some of those "ricey" car owners should not have bought that big muffler, those cheap wheel and tire combos, that paint job and stickers, those aftermarket headlamps and tail lamps, that wing, that CF hood, that huge tachometer, those race seats, etc ... After spending all of that money on goods to "look" like a race car, they probably could have had a decent bolt-on turbo or built NA engine and be "living" the race car image. I full heartedly agree with the "it's your car do what you want to it" statements ... I just have different priorities

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