tune - make more precise, intense, or effective
Within the automotive world, hidden away from all the shiny new supercars and drowned out by the lumpy-cammed V8 musclecars of the past, in a very dark corner sits the red-headed stepchild of automotive culture, the tuner. For many, the word "tuner" conjures up the most vile and wretched kind of car enthusiasts. He came to life in the 80s but started to gain notoriety in the mid-90s. You could tell he was near by the incessant drone of his coffee can exhaust which was just a bit smaller than the subwoofer that filled the trunk of his Japanese import. He was a brash, degenerate hooligan. He was a ricer.
