Roger sums it up pretty well. Although I do have to say that there are some things people will call ricey that I actually like. Things like blue lights (not wiper lites), graphics, etc... and I am not ashamed to put them on my car.
For every bozo who chuckles when they pass me looking at my blue signals there are three or four more people who think they're neat.
Basically, who cares what rice is or isn't? You either like something or you don't, it's that simple. To me, having someone call my car "rice" is really upsetting considering all the time and effort I have put forth to make it look (and perform)like I want it to. Last week while I was out driving I had a guy in a Honda Accord V6 pull up next to me and tell me his car would smoke my "domestic" hands down. He proceeded to rev and chuckle, evidently to impress his bud in the passenger seat.
I shook my head and smiled then turned back to the intersection. I heard him say "If his car was as fast as it looks he'd race me. That's an American ricer for ya." The light turned green and he took off down the road. That stuff pisses me off.
Give people compliments on their cars. Flaming them and saying their car looks like it was on Fast and the Furious dosen't do anything but make you look like a jerk. Also, if the cars on the Fast and te Furious were so bad, why did they even bother releasing the movie? And even then, why did it do so well? The plot sucked and Vin Diesel was the best actor in the flick. It's because of the cars. Rice can be good, as long as you put lots of soy sauce on it (or butter and salt here in the US).
