there's a difference between enthusiasts and ricers... enthusiasts are people who really care about their cars, and if it takes modifying them to make them enjoy the car more, then the modifications are made. To me, a true enthusiast can be anyone from some no name guy on the street with a civic that's bone stock, but he knows his stuff about, on up to someone like Tracy with her super modded evo. Whatever it takes to get the fullest amount of pleasure and satisfaction out of the car.

Ricers, on the other hand, are posers. They only got into the import scene because they saw the fast and the furious and realized that they owned a honda... they only do mods that are "tiiiiiiiiiight" and don't really know anything about the car, like the eclipse I was behind the other day with Nos stickers, altezza tails, a mile high wing, and a HELL of an oil leak. To me, had he been an enthusiast, he would have cared enough about the car to spend $250 on getting the oil problem fixed instead of blowing it at Pep Boys. Ricers are only around because they wanna show off and get attention. Enthusiasts know their shit and love their cars.