RE: "Rice Burners" I don't get it...(WOB)

["jeff lloyd" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is not the fact that they do it that bothers me it is the fact they think
these modifications are "cool" and actually increase performance..

a 100hp honda civic with 20" wheels is gonna have trouble turning them..
The local import parts house (where I pick up oil filters ect.)  has a shop
dedicated to these guys and I don't understand it..

I was breaking in my new hoosiers one day so I had my custom Lightweight
wheels on the car and I stopped in to pick up 4 new spark plugs..  sure
enough they see the contengency stickers and they flocked around the Z3 like
it flys to $#!T one couldn't understand why I drove the car on Bald tires
:-P

I got into a conversation with another when he asked if my forgedlight
wheels were "drag lites"  I explained to him that No these wheels were built
to handle the stresses of cornering.. I recieved a blank stare.

I got into a conversation with the owner of the shop he explained to me that
these kids do "shows" and that was what these cars are prepped for..  we had
a laugh when he told me his hottest item was the "type R badge" It brought
me back to the old argument on this list about putting a ///M on a NON M car
:-)...  He showed me pictures of these shows.. EVERY car had a type R
badge.. and the cars that won even did.. I would love to see a BMW concourse
won by a 318 wearing a M3 badge and with 20" wheels..

enough ranting..
Just the next time one comes up next to your stock 318is..
blow his doors off for me..

Jeff Lloyd






- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-bmw@domain.elided [mailto:owner-bmw@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
Stephen Robinson
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 1:56 PM
To: BMW Digest
Subject: "Rice Burners" I don't get it...(WOB)


I'm in my BMW most of the day (I do sales) and live and drive in the
Rockville Md area... my question is this... why are more and more (and more)
corollas, preludes, civics, and integra's being totally redone with these
huge chrome mufflers, motorsound kits, gigantic spoilers (the one I saw on
an integra today would have blown your mind), 18-19" wheels!, and tons of
stickers - even handsigned signatures on the rear deck!  I saw so many
stickers on this black integra today, I thought it was a race car or
something.  The kids driving them are almost all asian or latino (not that
there's anything wrong with that) - is it a cultural thing I don't
understand?  It's wild!  I've never seen soooo many, as this past year.  I
guess it helps that 2 shops opened up with 3 miles of each other that cater
to this aftermarket crowd.  I guess it just looks goofy to me.  Am I getting
old? (40 going on 18, I thought...)  What does everyone else think of these
cars?  I have to laugh when I see some of them... they remind me of the "hot
rod" type cars kids used to drive when I was a kid - with those crager mags,
and large orange lightening stripes on cars called "Cobra" this and "SS"
that...  Did I answer my own question?

Curious... on a slow news day,
Steve Robinson
95 740i
88 911






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