"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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Guys. I want a chevy silvorado. Payment come out to 800 per month. No way I want it that bad.

What car should I look for if I can afford payment of around under 400?


P.S. I don't want a used car, people in U.S. don't even know how to check oil, used car is bad idea.
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Guys. I want a chevy silvorado. Payment come out to 800 per month. No way I want it that bad.

What car should I look for if I can afford payment of around under 400?


P.S. I don't want a used car, people in U.S. don't even know how to check oil, used car is bad idea.
Probably a Honda Civic, A Kia or a Nissan Sentra. Those cars probably fall under that range your looking for. Look into a buying a Truck to stand out from the crowd over there.
 

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Guys. I want a chevy silvorado. Payment come out to 800 per month. No way I want it that bad.

What car should I look for if I can afford payment of around under 400?


P.S. I don't want a used car, people in U.S. don't even know how to check oil, used car is bad idea.
Used cars are almost always the way to go. New cars don't make financial sense as they depreciate significantly the second you drive it off the lot, meaning 20% or more of the value of the car you paid for is gone. Makes zero sense from a financial standpoint to flush money down the toilet.

I have bought used cars for 25+ years and never had any serious issues with one until well after I paid off the car loan...on average I keep them 9-10 years.
 

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If car costs 26 000 how much should the payment be?

I think quotes on websites are wrong. Is it $500?
 

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It depends on the interest rate. New cars get the lowest rates, and the rates go up as the car ages. After ten years, most banks will no longer finance the car. Older cars like that can still get dealer financing, but the cheaper the car, the worse the deal. There is a scum bag dealership near me that patches together junk cars to finance to poor people at ridiculous rates and terms, because these are customers who have no other options. They put a remote kill switch in the car to disable it as soon as you are late on one payment.
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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I went to used car dealer to take a look at 2017 manual eco boost with 75k miles on the clock for $12,500. Test drove it. Asked for hypothetical payments with $5,000 money down. We didn't get that far. that $12,500 turned to $19,500 with fees and all **** on top of it. I walked on them.

I have a feeling Miami is a woke ****hole and I'd have to drive far north or west coast to find good deals.
 

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I went to used car dealer to take a look at 2017 manual eco boost with 75k miles on the clock for $12,500. Test drove it. Asked for hypothetical payments with $5,000 money down. We didn't get that far. that $12,500 turned to $19,500 with fees and all **** on top of it. I walked on them.

I have a feeling Miami is a woke ****hole and I'd have to drive far north or west coast to find good deals.
Yeah they are trying to pull a fast one on you...shady businesses...

I always look on Autotrader com within like 150-200 miles of where I am at, find what I want and then use that as the basis for any negotiation at the dealer.

They hate me, I usually talk them down 3-5K
 

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I went to used car dealer to take a look at 2017 manual eco boost with 75k miles on the clock for $12,500. Test drove it. Asked for hypothetical payments with $5,000 money down. We didn't get that far. that $12,500 turned to $19,500 with fees and all **** on top of it. I walked on them.

I have a feeling Miami is a woke ****hole and I'd have to drive far north or west coast to find good deals.
I hate dealerships... that's why I did Carvana and then refinanced
 
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