ricers ain't so smart

I wouldn't knock the young ricer crowd to much, actually it's a pretty smart concept what a lot of them are doing.

1: Thay don't have any trouble finding performance parts

2: Newer cars drive and handle better (in most cases)

3: Most are light/semi cheap cars

I know a kid that had a twin turbo supra, he could program the boost from a lap top from between 400 and 700 horsepower, right off hand I don't know of any streetable GM, Ford or Mopars around that could even think about running with him.. He had 50k in that supra, obviously he wasn't the normal ricer kid..
There is a difference between a ricer and an import enthusiast. The ricers just modify based on what everyone else is doing. An import enthusiast would be someone like that, that upgrades with a mind of their own and not following a pack. Also, most import guys actually have a brain