I just can't stand them. These riceboy cars are the worst!
Sorry everyone, I didn't mean to lump them. I meant japanese cars.
Sorry everyone, I didn't mean to lump them. I meant japanese cars.
Poll: Edit...Who here dislikes japanese cars as much as I do???
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Most of them outlast an American car 2 to 1... not to mention style. Ford couldn't desgin a cool looking car if, well, i dunno. Chevy's are ok, and who wants a Chrysler?
i like import imports, especially toyota for their gas efficiency and reliability. it's rice that i can't stand. i have no problem with engine mods but please the stickers do your car no justice. just keep everything under the hood.
I have owned a few imports as well as family and friends have also. No way do they last 2 to 1. Also, they are way overpriced. I own a 1998 Ford F-150 and is 3x the truck any import is. I also own a 1998 Jeep Cherokee and it blows my buddies Four Runner away. He has spent $2800.00 on it since he has owned, it has the same number of miles my Jeep does and I have spent zip on it.
So you hate Japanese Poseur Mobiles? Europeon cars are imports too.
I juse hate people that have "wannabe" cars (IE VTEC stickers, ugly wings, 18 foglight, etc.). I have a few friends that have made REAL mods to their cars such as superchargers and suspension kits. No visual mods were made so the performance is concealed until a fake riceburner wants to race.
Windogg
I juse hate people that have "wannabe" cars (IE VTEC stickers, ugly wings, 18 foglight, etc.). I have a few friends that have made REAL mods to their cars such as superchargers and suspension kits. No visual mods were made so the performance is concealed until a fake riceburner wants to race.
Windogg
I've only had one american car out of 13. At least that's all the cars I can think of right now 
I think rice mods are junk. I'll always prefer not to mess with looks unless it helps performance.
For me, what I like to buy comes from my preference for driving smaller vehicles, usually the sportier and smaller, the better. Reliability and gas mileage are very important as well. There aren't any American cars I'd buy, except for a 5-speed Neon if it was in excellent condition and very cheap (a steal, really.)
When I need to tow or haul something, it's different. There's no substitute for an American 3/4 ton truck, except for a 1 ton
I think rice mods are junk. I'll always prefer not to mess with looks unless it helps performance.
For me, what I like to buy comes from my preference for driving smaller vehicles, usually the sportier and smaller, the better. Reliability and gas mileage are very important as well. There aren't any American cars I'd buy, except for a 5-speed Neon if it was in excellent condition and very cheap (a steal, really.)
When I need to tow or haul something, it's different. There's no substitute for an American 3/4 ton truck, except for a 1 ton
I'm gonna get a Jetta sometime during the summer. But I wouldn't be too excited about getting a Japanese car - I'm just partial to good old German automobiles
imports forever! although if i had a stick of dynamite for every rice rocket i saw, the city of Garden Grove would have very little traffic(Garden Grove is near Anaheim, CA...home of Disneyland...its full of vietnamese guys that rice out their cars.) one day on the freeway, i saw a red accord that was lowered, had big ol racing tires, and a giant steel wing on the trunk...i wanted to shoot that guy. but besides that, yankee cars suck dude...i mean who wants an Oldsmobile, Buick, Chrysler, or Pontiac? gah...go imports!
i'm not a hater..I like all kinds
when it comes to SUVS, AMERICAN (I love the navigaor and Expedition <---I WANT!)
When it comes to TRUCKS, AMERICA (F-150 <---Brother wants one)
When it comes to any other thang, IMPORT (Prelude, Integra)
I don't understand the whole hate against Rice cars...WHO CARES? Do they cut you off? So why do YOU ALLOW THEM TO ANNOY YOU...Just mind your own business!
Whenever I drive my parents 99 LS-400, ppl always rev their engine and want to race (I'm like whatever, this 290 HP car will eat ur car alive), but it doesn't affect me...
Also, geez, our two american made cars back then didn't make it to 50k; our 92 tropper and 93 ls-400 each HAVE 150k miles and STILL DOING VERY WELL (minimum/abusive upkeep on both those cars!)
So stop hating, if you have a mustang or camero, GOOD!
If you own european car, more power to you especially BMW!
But why judge others on how they wanna present their car (true, it is kinda ugly and who are you trying to impress with all those stickers and stuff). Eventually, all this will go away (just like a fad...)
Static911
when it comes to SUVS, AMERICAN (I love the navigaor and Expedition <---I WANT!)
When it comes to TRUCKS, AMERICA (F-150 <---Brother wants one)
When it comes to any other thang, IMPORT (Prelude, Integra)
I don't understand the whole hate against Rice cars...WHO CARES? Do they cut you off? So why do YOU ALLOW THEM TO ANNOY YOU...Just mind your own business!
Whenever I drive my parents 99 LS-400, ppl always rev their engine and want to race (I'm like whatever, this 290 HP car will eat ur car alive), but it doesn't affect me...
Also, geez, our two american made cars back then didn't make it to 50k; our 92 tropper and 93 ls-400 each HAVE 150k miles and STILL DOING VERY WELL (minimum/abusive upkeep on both those cars!)
So stop hating, if you have a mustang or camero, GOOD!
If you own european car, more power to you especially BMW!
But why judge others on how they wanna present their car (true, it is kinda ugly and who are you trying to impress with all those stickers and stuff). Eventually, all this will go away (just like a fad...)
Static911
I deliver pizzas for a living in NE, and will only buy Japanese 4cyl 5-speed FWD vehicles. Right now I have an 88' Mazda MX6. Last car was an 84' Toyota camry.
I don't like auotomatics, hence the 5-speed, need FWD for the snow, 4cyl for gas mileage, and Japanese for reliability. I watch all these other guys at work who buy american cars break down all the time. When stuff needs to be done with my cars, it's usually regular maitnence, or you can tell it's srarting to go, before it breaks down. I've also been the only guy left on the road in heavy snow. Which means I make all the money, while having a blast doing e-brake slides around every corner.
As for ricing em out. If I didn't go through cars so quickly, or have a job that requires me to use my car. I would most likely own a Camaro/Firebird/Trans Am, or maybe even an older Mustang, because you can make em run faster for less IMO. All the stuff they sell for Japanese cars do not add much horsepower, unless you go crazy like supercharging. Just read some of the magazines. They'll spend like $1500 on an Acura, or a Honda and get maybe 20 horsepower. Spend $1500 on a Mustang in the right places, and you'll be making some serious power.
But overall for the average person who just wants a good car. I, as does my mechanic who owns a Honda (his wife has a Nissan), always recommend Toyota/Honda/Nissan. I like my Mazda, but doubt I'd buy another. I just couldn't pass up the deal I got.
A lot of those performance parts actually reduce your performance. For instance a big exhaust on your Toyota may add 5 horsepower at the upper end, but at the expense of throttle response.
I work with a guy who has the same car as me, only one year newer. He has an intake kit, and a cat back exhaust on his. They're both 5 speeds. We raced for a laugh, and of course I spanked his. Mine is all stock. Most cars run better stock, unless you do major mods to them.
I remember when a magazine called Cars (it's gone now) bought a brand new 88' Mustang, and wanted to see what they could get it to run without modifying it with performance parts. Just good tuning, and playing with the suspension to get it to launch better. They had it running low-mid 13's in the quarter. Which is damn quick mind you. Everyone doubted them everywhere they took it, and they'd gladly let em search the car over looking for aftermarket stuff, but didn't find it.
Then after a few months they went on to the modification stages, and they began to run slower, until they spent a few grand that is. Then it was a terror. Now remember that this was 12 years ago, and since then they've come out with some seriuosly good parts for em (afternarket aluminum heads, superchargers, better cams, etc), but again without spending a lot. You risk hurting performance (not to mention your wallet) by modifying your car.
I regularly spnk modified cars. Lets face it. A Toyota Corolla is still a Toyota Corolla, and just putting a coffee can exhaust doesn't mean you can outrun something that was faster then it from the factory. Believe it, or not my car spanks Integra's, and Si's all the time, including a guy I work with who has a Civi Si. He'll get me at the top end, but from a dead stop, he's all done.
There was a guy who used to work with me who had a tricked out CRX that I couldn't even come close to touching. He had all the toys, even an aftermarket head, and ran low 13's. It was pretty funny spankin Stang's with it. I'll give him credit too. He bought most everything used, and had less then 4 G's into it. Not bad IMO. He now has a GTI VR6 that's all tricked out, and everytime I see him, he flys by me like I'm standing still.
I'd still rather have a V-8 to work with if I was gonna trick out a car myself though.
I don't like auotomatics, hence the 5-speed, need FWD for the snow, 4cyl for gas mileage, and Japanese for reliability. I watch all these other guys at work who buy american cars break down all the time. When stuff needs to be done with my cars, it's usually regular maitnence, or you can tell it's srarting to go, before it breaks down. I've also been the only guy left on the road in heavy snow. Which means I make all the money, while having a blast doing e-brake slides around every corner.
As for ricing em out. If I didn't go through cars so quickly, or have a job that requires me to use my car. I would most likely own a Camaro/Firebird/Trans Am, or maybe even an older Mustang, because you can make em run faster for less IMO. All the stuff they sell for Japanese cars do not add much horsepower, unless you go crazy like supercharging. Just read some of the magazines. They'll spend like $1500 on an Acura, or a Honda and get maybe 20 horsepower. Spend $1500 on a Mustang in the right places, and you'll be making some serious power.
But overall for the average person who just wants a good car. I, as does my mechanic who owns a Honda (his wife has a Nissan), always recommend Toyota/Honda/Nissan. I like my Mazda, but doubt I'd buy another. I just couldn't pass up the deal I got.
A lot of those performance parts actually reduce your performance. For instance a big exhaust on your Toyota may add 5 horsepower at the upper end, but at the expense of throttle response.
I work with a guy who has the same car as me, only one year newer. He has an intake kit, and a cat back exhaust on his. They're both 5 speeds. We raced for a laugh, and of course I spanked his. Mine is all stock. Most cars run better stock, unless you do major mods to them.
I remember when a magazine called Cars (it's gone now
) bought a brand new 88' Mustang, and wanted to see what they could get it to run without modifying it with performance parts. Just good tuning, and playing with the suspension to get it to launch better. They had it running low-mid 13's in the quarter. Which is damn quick mind you. Everyone doubted them everywhere they took it, and they'd gladly let em search the car over looking for aftermarket stuff, but didn't find it.Then after a few months they went on to the modification stages, and they began to run slower, until they spent a few grand that is. Then it was a terror. Now remember that this was 12 years ago, and since then they've come out with some seriuosly good parts for em (afternarket aluminum heads, superchargers, better cams, etc), but again without spending a lot. You risk hurting performance (not to mention your wallet) by modifying your car.
I regularly spnk modified cars. Lets face it. A Toyota Corolla is still a Toyota Corolla, and just putting a coffee can exhaust doesn't mean you can outrun something that was faster then it from the factory. Believe it, or not my car spanks Integra's, and Si's all the time, including a guy I work with who has a Civi Si. He'll get me at the top end, but from a dead stop, he's all done.
There was a guy who used to work with me who had a tricked out CRX that I couldn't even come close to touching. He had all the toys, even an aftermarket head, and ran low 13's. It was pretty funny spankin Stang's with it. I'll give him credit too. He bought most everything used, and had less then 4 G's into it. Not bad IMO. He now has a GTI VR6 that's all tricked out, and everytime I see him, he flys by me like I'm standing still.
I'd still rather have a V-8 to work with if I was gonna trick out a car myself though.
There are is nothing wrong with imports per se. They are just not the fastest cars in the world.
The riced cars are pretty goofy looking, but if they actually have the performance to back it up, then they are okay in my book.
And who wouldn't want to own a Dodge? They make an excellent car called the Viper that is one of the most powerful production cars you can buy.
As for Buick and the like - I agree. But, I would never want to own a family style car.
The riced cars are pretty goofy looking, but if they actually have the performance to back it up, then they are okay in my book.
And who wouldn't want to own a Dodge? They make an excellent car called the Viper that is one of the most powerful production cars you can buy.
As for Buick and the like - I agree. But, I would never want to own a family style car.
Windogg, the foglights give you better pavement traction and the official vtec stickers average about 10 HP improvement. If you add playing hiphop to the point of glass vibration, this adds to highspeed performance as the glass vibration causes an air cusion eliminating wind drag.
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the mitsu my dad had was a piece of sh!t. and toyota has NO original styling. its like they took last years mercedes S, put lexus symbols on it, and gave people the LS 430. and the new lexus coupe could only look more like a TT from the back if it had 4 rings. the camry is boring, the echo is the fugliest thing ever made (replaced the new beetle), and for some reason they insist on putting huge tires and tiny engines into the 4runner. whats up with that? and don't get me started on the rx300 minivan. thats right, i said it, minivan. its a sedan with an enlarged station wagon body on it, just like the first chrysler minivans. its ugly. the beltline is too high. the tailights on the IS are ugly too. "edge" styling was nice on one or two cars, but its gone too far, lost its novelty. acura mdx is ugly because of it. belt line is too high in that one too. i like the TL though. maybe i'll buy a type S in june. 260 hp would do me good. ~190 KW for you euros. that'll be a mean ride. take the type S badging off and kill some unsuspecting riceboys with it. first that damned purple saturn sedan with the ugly white supra wing on it. (no, saturn isn't japanese, yes, i know that. still a riceboy.) then the guy with the yellow civic Si"R" with red lettering all over it.
<< a 1998 Ford F-150 and is 3x the truck any import is >>
Since japanese really need trucks. hence the word imports. and its still sad that tacomas and tundras can steal that much of the market. yeah they say that imports suck, but in america its about even imports vs domestic. i think that its so frustrating that imports have a market here that americans cant stand it. thus comes the badgering. haha.
plus im not asian and i have a modded si. and what are you gonna do about it??
spaceman
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My history w/imports
89 VW FOX-had it for less than a year.bought used w/16,000(not 160k)had major problems with just about everything except tranny and motor after 1/ 1/2 years.Junk!~
88 Honda CRX SI-had for four months, engine blew @ 107k-Junk!
hehe maybe i gotta stop buying "the bad" import cars
89 VW FOX-had it for less than a year.bought used w/16,000(not 160k)had major problems with just about everything except tranny and motor after 1/ 1/2 years.Junk!~
88 Honda CRX SI-had for four months, engine blew @ 107k-Junk!
hehe maybe i gotta stop buying "the bad" import cars
When you say trucks, do you mean Jeeps?
If so then the jeep specials in Iceland know that the American trucks are POS, except for the Ford Ecoline, but thats only because its big. What we here in iceland do is buy normal jeeps with their tiny tiny tyres and then modify them a bit, so they are on 40" tyres. We have driven across Greenland and Antartica on those jeeps.
Most of these modified jeeps are from Asia, few from the US.
We take a jeep like this one and change it into a car like this one. We rock *bigegotrip*
If so then the jeep specials in Iceland know that the American trucks are POS, except for the Ford Ecoline, but thats only because its big. What we here in iceland do is buy normal jeeps with their tiny tiny tyres and then modify them a bit, so they are on 40" tyres. We have driven across Greenland and Antartica on those jeeps.
Most of these modified jeeps are from Asia, few from the US.
We take a jeep like this one and change it into a car like this one. We rock
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