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Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 07:18:43 GMT
From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: What is your favorite 900 model?


in article ui149vo8fkhn8kbg2krn4vl9lbak3i62h5nopsamcom, 'nuther Bob at undisclosednopsamsclosed.com wrote on 08/04/2003 00:30: > On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 09:30:21 -0400, "Nutmegger" > <nutmegger_7717nopsamo.com> wrote: > >>> >>> "Riced" .. Verb: "to rice", I think :) >> >> Oh...we say "Souped" >> >> As in souped up. > > The derivation of "rice" > > We use to "soup up" American cars in the 60's and 70's. In the > 70's, Japanese cars started to become popular and those of us > who knew something about handling and power saw the potential in a > few of these little gems and started to modify them. There was no > phrase to describe us as you could only "soup up" a large American > car with a V-8. They only went in straight lines, we specialized in > corners, there was little competition. No one modified european > cars with the possible exception of the BMW2002 - you couldn't get > many go-fast parts for Euro cars so we mostly used them stock if > we had them. > > Some of the redneck motorheads with their v-8's felt a need > to denigrate our little pocket rockets. Over in the redneck Harley > crowd, they already had a phrase for Japanese motorcyles: "rice > burners". So, the motorheads started to call out Japanese cars > "rice burners" or, if they had a little respect, "rice rocket". > > As the years rolled on, more and more parts started to become > available for Japanese cars. Suddenly there were lots of bolt-on > body parts as well as bolt on suspension and engine mods. The > "rice" terminology was carried forth to this new phase. Therefore, > fixing up your Japanese car is now known as "riced up". > > FWIW, I think the Harley guys still refer to Japanese bikes as > "rice burners". But, most of them are the same guys who were > riding in 1975, so that makes sense. I think the expression > "riced up" and/or "ricer" has spread worldwide. I invite dissenting > opinions and additions. That's bang on IMO. The biker etymology makes perfect sense: when we (in the UK) refer to a "rice sound" on a car, it means a big loud bore like a bike exhaust. The UK trend is very much towards Japanese styled bodykits for European hatches, such as the Citroen Saxo, Vauxhall Corsa, Vauxhall Nova, et al. Some people even do it to BMWs and (God help) Mercedes! It's all about look for the boy racer, really, but as I've said very few actual engine upgrades other than an induction kit and a rice exhaust. Real bad boys in my neck of the woods drive lowered Mercedes brutes (lowering I believe has some origin in the Hispanic communities in America, but we don't use concrete slabs here) usually filled with unsavoury looking gangster types. When you see one of those, keep out of the way! We've not got around to pump-up low-riders yet though :) Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/

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