whats Riced and not riced? (was New car on the road)

[Nicholas Stuart]

I'm sure a lot of people have seen this site but for those who haven't take
a look. Provides some very good humor if you ask me. http://riceboypage.com/

-Nick Stuart
'87 5ktq

----- Original Message -----
From: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>
To: "Beatty, Robert" <BeattyR at ummhc.org>; "'audi list'"
<quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 12:36 PM
Subject: RE: whats Riced and not riced? (was New car on the road)


> Oh- I forgot to mention two things about the "rice" stuff on my car-
>
> The window tint I have is IR reflective so it keeps the car significantly
> cooler in direct sunlight- a real benefit in terms of preserving the car's
> leather and headliner.
>
> The shiftknob fills your hand nicely and has weight to it, giving a more
> positive shift feel with less effort. Of course, now I'll probably wear
> out the shifter bushings prematurely.
>
> As for true rice- those fully bodykitted, dual exhaust Neons crack me up.
>
> The funniest thing I ever saw was in a parking lot once with my friend
> driving his 635CSi- we came across a 2nd gen. RX-7 that had all of its
> emblems replaced with BMW emblems- roundels on the hood, trunk lid and all
> four wheels! Who was he trying to fool? We drove past him two or three
> times,
> staring at the car. I wonder if he thought he was busted, seeing us drive
> by him in a real BMW several times.
>
> I was going to fully rice-out my old Eagle Talon, just for kicks- partly
as
> a parody of the whole rice thing and partly just to laugh at it. It was a
> POS
> car, so I didn't really care. :-)
>
> Taka