"Ringmaster" wrote in message
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Gee, I should try to stop by here more often in the summer so I can
keep up with the Boob's purchases. OK another kiddie car rice
rocket. Not impressed.

A colleague in LA tells me periodically about the "Rice Boys." It may be
somewhat racist in nature, but it has become a fairly ubiquitous term out
there. Lots of the Orientals own Japanese and Korean cars with big, ugly
wings, silly-looking ground-effects bodywork, monstrous decals, etc.
Civics, Kia Rios, Nissan Sentras, etc. all with standard horse power and
huge tailpipes/mufflers that emit a raucous, blatty sound. They consider
the streets their private race track, blasting around LA, ignoring stop
signs and red lights, and picking fairly good lines through the curves,
often running other folks onto the sidewalks to avoid them. The premier car
of the Rice Boys is the Subaru WRX Sti, but not many of them have them--too
expensive, apparently. I waiting for the movie.

Max