What's a twisty
01 March 2007, 07:29 AM
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AFAIK, it's some species of whirlwind that has travelled over water, picking up substantial quantities of moisture in the process.
I really, really hope this helps.
I really, really hope this helps.
01 March 2007, 07:43 AM
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It's also a type of umbrella handle. I think that's what people are mostly on about when you hear it referenced. A wet twisty would be difficult to grasp by those without opposable thumbs, such as non subaru drivers 
01 March 2007, 07:46 AM
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I actually asked this as a serious question 
Is it a piece of road with a wee kink in it?
Is it an 'A' road with several kinks in it?
Is it a country lane hardly wide enough to take a push bike down with 90 degree switchbacks?
What is it?
Is it a piece of road with a wee kink in it?
Is it an 'A' road with several kinks in it?
Is it a country lane hardly wide enough to take a push bike down with 90 degree switchbacks?
What is it?
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01 March 2007, 08:28 AM
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This is a piece of tarmac an Impreza driver believes his car is invicible due to 4WD grip.
The fact he is on 3mm nang kangs is niether here nor there.
HTH
The fact he is on 3mm nang kangs is niether here nor there.
HTH
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LOL
Perhaps "the twisties" is actually the name given to the point after which the driver of the better/faster/more expensive/classier/more powerful/better handling* car decides that the road conditions have become such that to demonstrate the superiority of hos or her vehicle over the rather less capable car driven by the brainless idiot is not worth the risk of damage or injury?
The "wet twisties" is simply the same by at lower speed.
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Perhaps "the twisties" is actually the name given to the point after which the driver of the better/faster/more expensive/classier/more powerful/better handling* car decides that the road conditions have become such that to demonstrate the superiority of hos or her vehicle over the rather less capable car driven by the brainless idiot is not worth the risk of damage or injury?
The "wet twisties" is simply the same by at lower speed.
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01 March 2007, 02:14 PM
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A twisty is a small vole like creature. This nocturnal burrower often builds it blimpertywomble (or nest) in the banks or edges of small streams and ponds. This is because they feed on newts, toads and disguarded tampons. The population concentration of the twisty is in the north of the country and the Twisty World Appreciation Team work out of their head offices in Rochdale.
01 March 2007, 02:15 PM
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Perhaps "the twisties" is actually the name given to the point after which the driver of the better/faster/more expensive/classier/more powerful/better handling* car decides that the road conditions have become such that to demonstrate the superiority of hos or her vehicle over the rather less capable car driven by the brainless idiot is not worth the risk of damage or injury?
Ok so it's the point where one person gives up and looks for a 'get out clause' .........I would have had him in the twisties / wet twisties
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01 March 2007, 02:48 PM
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A twisty is a porsche 944 masquerading as an elite sports car in a pseudo nouveau riche moment, abstractly drawing freudian conclusions from the sale of a clio and ability thereof to perpetuate advanced driving beliefs on an internet car forum.
Or a road with bends.
You decide.
Or a road with bends.
You decide.
01 March 2007, 03:35 PM
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Its a well documented Subaru Impreza fact that the twisty is as follows.
" twisty" Winding piece of B road or general corner. Used by the owners of Subarus, to explain that the car they own or have on silly HP, is faster than anything else built by the hand of man.
" The gallardo pulled maybe a length or two on me up the straight, but I dropped a cog (changed down to the below gear) and ******* hammered him through the twisties"
" I thought that exiges were suppose to handle well, i was behind one in the twisties the other day, and I stayed right with him"
" twisties" also appear on tracks, although most Subaru owners prefer to stay away from these so called " tracks" There has been very well documented cases of twisty bragging Subaru owners being made to look silly by owners of 1,2's.
The "twisty" speech is often used as a defence mechanism, when trying to avoid the often touted question of " couldn't you afford the one with leather seats?" and " isn't that the peasant spec cheap version they did"
Replies to this question often last in excess of 20 minutes, as they bang on about power to weight ratio.
The minimal saving in weight and gain in performance is often lost, by Subaru owners filling the rear parcel shelf with 400 kg's of magnetic music generating equipment, But the power to weight is not effected and the car will still do its "book" 0-60 sprint in 5.5, although many Subaru owners believe this to be mere propaganda, spread by Subaru marketing department. It is popular scoobynet myth that a Subaru can and will infact, rotate the earth backwards around its axis, should it accelerate at full "chat" 0-60 is often "sub" 5 seconds
Other popular yet unconfirmed myths, say that the Subaru is also capable of beating a saturn five rocket into earths lower orbit, some conspiracy theorists have also questioned the 1969 moon landings, beliving again that a cover up was lead by Subaru, when infact the Astronaughts travelled into space using a stripped Subaru.
In order to achieve handling required to concur the "twisty" many Subarus are retro fitted, with a performance air filter and " zorst" giving on average a gain of 20-30 hp on standard, rolling road printouts have revealed in excess of 350 hp, with "just a panel filter" Subaru owners are marched at gun point and forced to purchase H+R coilovers, by the Subaru gestapo. Improving cornering speed by a factor of 7000000000 percent, H+R'd Subarus have been known to remove the tarmac from the road surface, and kill their drivers with excessive G loading
Modern science has yet to find a car capable of beating a Subarus in the "twisties" scientists have recently pointed towards a possible method of bending the space/time continuem in order to master time travel, this is the only possible way that mankind, can possibly get from point A to B, in less time than a Subaru.”
" twisty" Winding piece of B road or general corner. Used by the owners of Subarus, to explain that the car they own or have on silly HP, is faster than anything else built by the hand of man.
" The gallardo pulled maybe a length or two on me up the straight, but I dropped a cog (changed down to the below gear) and ******* hammered him through the twisties"
" I thought that exiges were suppose to handle well, i was behind one in the twisties the other day, and I stayed right with him"
" twisties" also appear on tracks, although most Subaru owners prefer to stay away from these so called " tracks" There has been very well documented cases of twisty bragging Subaru owners being made to look silly by owners of 1,2's.
The "twisty" speech is often used as a defence mechanism, when trying to avoid the often touted question of " couldn't you afford the one with leather seats?" and " isn't that the peasant spec cheap version they did"
Replies to this question often last in excess of 20 minutes, as they bang on about power to weight ratio.
The minimal saving in weight and gain in performance is often lost, by Subaru owners filling the rear parcel shelf with 400 kg's of magnetic music generating equipment, But the power to weight is not effected and the car will still do its "book" 0-60 sprint in 5.5, although many Subaru owners believe this to be mere propaganda, spread by Subaru marketing department. It is popular scoobynet myth that a Subaru can and will infact, rotate the earth backwards around its axis, should it accelerate at full "chat" 0-60 is often "sub" 5 seconds
Other popular yet unconfirmed myths, say that the Subaru is also capable of beating a saturn five rocket into earths lower orbit, some conspiracy theorists have also questioned the 1969 moon landings, beliving again that a cover up was lead by Subaru, when infact the Astronaughts travelled into space using a stripped Subaru.
In order to achieve handling required to concur the "twisty" many Subarus are retro fitted, with a performance air filter and " zorst" giving on average a gain of 20-30 hp on standard, rolling road printouts have revealed in excess of 350 hp, with "just a panel filter" Subaru owners are marched at gun point and forced to purchase H+R coilovers, by the Subaru gestapo. Improving cornering speed by a factor of 7000000000 percent, H+R'd Subarus have been known to remove the tarmac from the road surface, and kill their drivers with excessive G loading
Modern science has yet to find a car capable of beating a Subarus in the "twisties" scientists have recently pointed towards a possible method of bending the space/time continuem in order to master time travel, this is the only possible way that mankind, can possibly get from point A to B, in less time than a Subaru.”
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Its a well documented Subaru Impreza fact that the twisty is as follows.
" twisty" Winding piece of B road or general corner. Used by the owners of Subarus, to explain that the car they own or have on silly HP, is faster than anything else built by the hand of man.
" The gallardo pulled maybe a length or two on me up the straight, but I dropped a cog (changed down to the below gear) and ******* hammered him through the twisties"
" I thought that exiges were suppose to handle well, i was behind one in the twisties the other day, and I stayed right with him"
" twisties" also appear on tracks, although most Subaru owners prefer to stay away from these so called " tracks" There has been very well documented cases of twisty bragging Subaru owners being made to look silly by owners of 1,2's.
The "twisty" speech is often used as a defence mechanism, when trying to avoid the often touted question of " couldn't you afford the one with leather seats?" and " isn't that the peasant spec cheap version they did"
Replies to this question often last in excess of 20 minutes, as they bang on about power to weight ratio.
The minimal saving in weight and gain in performance is often lost, by Subaru owners filling the rear parcel shelf with 400 kg's of magnetic music generating equipment, But the power to weight is not effected and the car will still do its "book" 0-60 sprint in 5.5, although many Subaru owners believe this to be mere propaganda, spread by Subaru marketing department. It is popular scoobynet myth that a Subaru can and will infact, rotate the earth backwards around its axis, should it accelerate at full "chat" 0-60 is often "sub" 5 seconds
Other popular yet unconfirmed myths, say that the Subaru is also capable of beating a saturn five rocket into earths lower orbit, some conspiracy theorists have also questioned the 1969 moon landings, beliving again that a cover up was lead by Subaru, when infact the Astronaughts travelled into space using a stripped Subaru.
In order to achieve handling required to concur the "twisty" many Subarus are retro fitted, with a performance air filter and " zorst" giving on average a gain of 20-30 hp on standard, rolling road printouts have revealed in excess of 350 hp, with "just a panel filter" Subaru owners are marched at gun point and forced to purchase H+R coilovers, by the Subaru gestapo. Improving cornering speed by a factor of 7000000000 percent, H+R'd Subarus have been known to remove the tarmac from the road surface, and kill their drivers with excessive G loading
Modern science has yet to find a car capable of beating a Subarus in the "twisties" scientists have recently pointed towards a possible method of bending the space/time continuem in order to master time travel, this is the only possible way that mankind, can possibly get from point A to B, in less time than a Subaru.”
" twisty" Winding piece of B road or general corner. Used by the owners of Subarus, to explain that the car they own or have on silly HP, is faster than anything else built by the hand of man.
" The gallardo pulled maybe a length or two on me up the straight, but I dropped a cog (changed down to the below gear) and ******* hammered him through the twisties"
" I thought that exiges were suppose to handle well, i was behind one in the twisties the other day, and I stayed right with him"
" twisties" also appear on tracks, although most Subaru owners prefer to stay away from these so called " tracks" There has been very well documented cases of twisty bragging Subaru owners being made to look silly by owners of 1,2's.
The "twisty" speech is often used as a defence mechanism, when trying to avoid the often touted question of " couldn't you afford the one with leather seats?" and " isn't that the peasant spec cheap version they did"
Replies to this question often last in excess of 20 minutes, as they bang on about power to weight ratio.
The minimal saving in weight and gain in performance is often lost, by Subaru owners filling the rear parcel shelf with 400 kg's of magnetic music generating equipment, But the power to weight is not effected and the car will still do its "book" 0-60 sprint in 5.5, although many Subaru owners believe this to be mere propaganda, spread by Subaru marketing department. It is popular scoobynet myth that a Subaru can and will infact, rotate the earth backwards around its axis, should it accelerate at full "chat" 0-60 is often "sub" 5 seconds
Other popular yet unconfirmed myths, say that the Subaru is also capable of beating a saturn five rocket into earths lower orbit, some conspiracy theorists have also questioned the 1969 moon landings, beliving again that a cover up was lead by Subaru, when infact the Astronaughts travelled into space using a stripped Subaru.
In order to achieve handling required to concur the "twisty" many Subarus are retro fitted, with a performance air filter and " zorst" giving on average a gain of 20-30 hp on standard, rolling road printouts have revealed in excess of 350 hp, with "just a panel filter" Subaru owners are marched at gun point and forced to purchase H+R coilovers, by the Subaru gestapo. Improving cornering speed by a factor of 7000000000 percent, H+R'd Subarus have been known to remove the tarmac from the road surface, and kill their drivers with excessive G loading
Modern science has yet to find a car capable of beating a Subarus in the "twisties" scientists have recently pointed towards a possible method of bending the space/time continuem in order to master time travel, this is the only possible way that mankind, can possibly get from point A to B, in less time than a Subaru.”
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They are related to the Haggis. Get them all the time up here in the Highlands. Thats why you hear a lot of folk refering to the 'great twisties' on the scottish roads.
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This is a great post we should maybe start a Scoobynet dictionary with some other common words/abbrieviations like
What is:
1) BOV
2) Oil
3) Decat
4) Gold
5) PPP
What is:
1) BOV
2) Oil
3) Decat
4) Gold
5) PPP