# Now that had to be the lamest Ricer projct ever! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-had-to-be-the-lamest-ricer-projct-ever/167444 "2003-04-09T00:09:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-had-to-be-the-lamest-ricer-projct-ever/167444/1 "2003-04-09T00:09:58Z")
Angie picked me up after work today and we stopped by a [Harris Teeter](http://www.harristeeter.com/). We parked and when I got out of our car, I noticed we had parked next to a faded orange sedan with sloppily-applied bright orange Japanese stickers. There was at least one “Type-R” sticker by the left tailight and what appeared to be a partially applied “Type-R” on the left fender. Also on the left fender was something that said appeared to be a pair of Japanese characters followed by “Racing” but I couldn’t tell for sure because it evidently started breaking apart when it was applied and the end was crooked. I didn’t look to see what was on the opposite fender but it probably was more of the same. Then there’s the matter of the car itself. It was a Volvo! My guess is someone’s father gave them the old family car and that someone decided to rice it out. How lame do you have to be to rice out a Volvo 240? BTW: the reason we went to Harris Teeter? They have good sushi! ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-had-to-be-the-lamest-ricer-projct-ever/167444/2 "2003-04-09T00:42:15Z")
It’s the same reason I saw a riced out Civic SI the other day with a German license plate on the front. Hey stupid, you don’t have a German car. And Audi’s and VWs are the only cars that having a German license plate on doesn’t make you look like a total putz. ((Of course you realize this only applies to America.)) I have a Japanese license plate on the front of my RSX-S, but I think that’s cool so… blah… at least mine makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Blunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-had-to-be-the-lamest-ricer-projct-ever/167444/3 "2003-04-09T04:01:21Z")
Maybe this guy did it as a joke, in which case I think its actually a pretty funny one. Maybe this guy isn’t actually a ricer, but trying to make a joke at their expense instead. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-had-to-be-the-lamest-ricer-projct-ever/167444/4 "2003-04-09T04:34:25Z")
**FDISK**! Someone saw your car dude! ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-had-to-be-the-lamest-ricer-projct-ever/167444/5 "2003-04-09T06:06:27Z")
I would be willing to bet this was a joke. When I first got the Import bug, my only car to play with was a very beat up Volvo 265. I wanted to drop a 5.0 engine into it and start applying a few stickers. Of course, 'cause I’m cooler than most ricers, I was planning on Nordic Runes that would have said things like “Viking Power!” and suchlike. Ah well. ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-had-to-be-the-lamest-ricer-projct-ever/167444/6 "2003-04-09T06:24:19Z")
Nothing beats the oversized chrome spoiler I saw a couple months ago. On a Kia. Sedan. And yes, the driver appeared to be serious. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-had-to-be-the-lamest-ricer-projct-ever/167444/7 "2003-04-09T08:04:33Z")
It’s not quite as outlandish as it sounds. Back in the mid-80s the SCCA ran a racing series for lightly modified stock vehicles. There was a team that used Volvo 740 Turbo station wagons. Did pretty well, too. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-had-to-be-the-lamest-ricer-projct-ever/167444/8 "2003-04-09T08:17:32Z")
Yes, Volvo has been active in SCCA and rally sports for quite some time. The absurdity, however, of placing a Type R sticker (which should be reserved only for the legit Type R’s, or well done conversions) and what was probably a Chikara Motorsports sticker on a SWEDISH CAR is staggering. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-had-to-be-the-lamest-ricer-projct-ever/167444/9 "2003-04-09T15:19:45Z")
Yeah, I’m aware of Volvos in rally racing. **Tristan** has it right, Japanese stickers - badly applied Japanese stickers at that - on a Swedish car are Absurd. I do like the idea of Norse stickers though. 🙂 BTW: stating wagon racing isn’t so odd. I was thumbing through a Road & Track (IIRC) once and saw an article on a rally event with VW Golfs! ---
**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-had-to-be-the-lamest-ricer-projct-ever/167444/10 "2003-04-10T04:47:33Z")
Aww crap. I thought I was being all original too:( Guess I’ll have to resort to gluing actual rice to my Volvo to make a point. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-had-to-be-the-lamest-ricer-projct-ever/167444/11 "2003-04-10T16:17:15Z")
No need to use real rice, just get someone who is better at applying decals next time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-had-to-be-the-lamest-ricer-projct-ever/167444/12 "2003-04-10T16:18:55Z")
(assuming that was your Volvo, that is.)