Is my Z threatening?

Inspector71

Ghostvette, glad to hear it's not just on this side of the state (not sure that came out right). When I was still a high school teacher, I put pictures of Porsches, Ferraris, Mercedes Ag, Nissan Skylines, Lambos, Jaguars, all manner of Z's and 40 years Formula 1 cars on a wall board. Thought the young guys would like them. Nope. We're confused what they were, called them "Tuners," (a Porsche 911 GT3, a tuner?) and some kids admitted whenever their dads, yes, their dads, saw a "Jap" sports car or "ricer," their words, not mine, they drive their Chevy and Ford pickups right up on their bumpers to intimidate them. Not just a few either.

gryghst

Iteresting the use of the word "ricer" in reference to "jap" cars if I understand your post correctly. I guess I can understand the connection however, that is not what "ricer" refers to. RICE is an acronym fo Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement. So yes you can RICE out a mustang, just add a crazy large spoiler, outragous splitter up front, some off center stipes and you have a ricer. It does nothing to make the car perform better. I'm sure you guys are aware of this however, it makes me chukle when I see the words used interchangeably.

BettyZ

And here I was thinking it was bc our cars are Japanese and they eat a lot of rice.

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Spooler

RICER means both of the definitions you have above. Where you been?

gryghst

Well I guess it does now. However, it appears that we may disagree on how it originated or the original intent of the term "RICE". As far as where have I been, I'm sure that was a rhetorical question and does not require an answer.

CRiZO

I've been in the import scene for a couple decades, and this is the first I've heard of that.

gryghst

Do a quick google search, its not anything I came up with. I was corrected many years ago by someone into the Tuner scene.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rice
As stated above it means many things to many people, however, what was the intent of the term?

ITGUY

I'm 61 and a car guy all my life. Muscle car guy as there WAS nothing else back in the day.
Back in the day ricer was a derogatory term used for anyone who drove an import...Asian of course as they all ate rice ( we were pretty uneducated towards different races back then) and the term ricer really had no bearing on what nationality the person driving the car was....it was a jap car, RICER.
We just lauged at them.

Now, ricer has morphed into a term to describe meatheads that stick a Folgers fart can on thier tailpipe or duct taped a 6 foot wing on the trunk.

Of course, things have changed quite a bit...nobody in their right mind laughs at a GTR for example.

Over the years my attitude even towards the fart-can crowd has changed...back in my day we could buy a 6 banger Nova for a hundred bucks, drop in a 350 small block and a turbo 350 or 400 tranny, 12 bolt rear and go have fun.
Young guys havent been able to do that for a long time now....so years back I sort of started sympathizing with these types..what can they do these days except cosmetic stuff on an old Honda....Hell, I dont even know if high schools still HAVE a shop class...
We were all building engines in our parents garages at 15 or 16 (327 was my first) but today? Not so much.

Oh, I think my little base Z is fantastic, just love it...but its not quite the same as riding around in my 2010 SRT8 6.1 hemi ...6M of course.

Yes i know...apples and oranges...was just putting it out there

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CRiZO

I'm totally fine with them tailgating me in traffic. It puts them into a position where they don't have space to go around me; I now control them as I slow down to a speed where adjacent lanes are going too fast to cut into. Am I an ******* and maybe making traffic worse? Sure. Do I enjoy helping them lie in the bed they made? You bet.

Mind you, I don't left lane camp or anything. I'm the least aggressive driver. They could easily have just driven by, but they just have to display their machismo.

Don't get me started on their light bars or how every ******* jeep has those ebay led headlights now that blind everyone.

I've had some of my more redneck acquaintances brag about their lights and they'll blind someone that's in their way. So I mentioned that I'd just slow down, seeing how then I'd be blind. Their thought was well then they'll just ram me off the road. Sure, okay. I really don't understand that mindset.

BettyZ

That light **** has gotten to the point where I'm seriously considering installing a very, very HID strobe light facing rear and aimed ab SUV windshield height.

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The Z Philes

Wasn't the person behind you with their brights on a target of George Carlin in one of his bits? Something like he has his brights on just in case I wanted to read. Got my copy of War And Peace here.

Whjaxn17

Yup, I've done it too. I was already speeding(50 in a 35) and some dude flew up on me, right on my bumper and just stayed there. I sped up a little bit just to make room and then settled back at 50, and he took it up, so I just held my speed. Saw him start throwing his hands up getting frustrated, so I pulled the car to neutral, tapped my brakes just enough for him to see the brake lights, and we coasted down to 20mph for the last couple miles to the redlight where we went our separate ways. There's no telling how many names he made up to call me.

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BettyZ

They keep those brights on and I'll skip the "Peace" part and go straight to war.

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Spooler

Tinted windows, get it done.

Whjaxn17

5% all the way around

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