[Matt-C21987]

This is pretty much its own subculture – or possibly several different subcultures that look similar. You’ve got one group that may have a few performance modifications and a lot of cosmetic work. This seems to me like it’s mostly a fashion statement, kind of like the lowriders. In my opinion, The Fast and the Furious was meant to pander to this crowd. The movie had enough technical goofs that I sometimes laughed uncontrollably at scenes that were meant to be serious. Then you’ve got the serious racers who would do things like switch engines, put turbochargers on non-turbocharged cars, etc. Their cars may or may not have cosmetic enhancements – the wheels and tires are common, but not necessarily wings or loud graphics. They sometimes mingle with the fashion statement crowd, but some don’t get along with those people very well. The various import subcultures have sometimes cross-pollinated with the lowrider crowd. The results could be something like a Sentra with tiny wire wheels, diamond velor upholstery and a huge wing and exhaust tip. There’s even a group of various import and domestic owners that’s kind of leading a backlash against the tackier of the fashion scene. These people have put up a fair number of websites like ricecop.com (where, acting as fashion police, they issue prank tickets to people for excessive exhaust tip diameter and the like) or riceboypage.com.

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Name : Matt-C21987, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 24, City : Oxford, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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