Anybody ever been screwed over while driving in the rain, and crashed or been crashed into? Dang, well when the DMV advises to keep twice as much distance behind another car in wet weather, just do it. I know I will be from now on.
"The Kiss of Death Mistake"
You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?
Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.
One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.
Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Driving in the rain
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"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.
I don't know if anyone else has this problem but I have perfect eyesight, and when it rains, ESPECIALLY at night, I have severe life issues with staying in my damn lane.
Really pisses me off. Never gotten into an accident b/c of it though.
Really pisses me off. Never gotten into an accident b/c of it though.
GlutusMaximus86
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I don't have perfect eye sight yet (I'm hoping to get lasik in a few years) but wear contacts, and I have the exact same problem as you. Although freezing rain is 10X worse. I remember about a month ago I was driving home on a 4 hour drive after taking a tour of vtech, and I just happened to be in the middle of a winter storm just about the whole way. Freezing rain not only makes driving on the roads a *****, but also it freezes up your windshield wipers, so I had to pull over every 15 min to get the ice off of the windshield wipers. A real pain, you'd think after 70 years of basically the same design they'd find something better then windshield wipers.
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I've been rear ended three times by people who don't know how to drive in the Goddamn rain. It's ridiculous how much the average American motorist knows about how cars handle in adverse weather.
Personally though, I love driving in the rain. I slide my car around corners for fun
Personally though, I love driving in the rain. I slide my car around corners for fun
"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
undesputable
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well if im not mistaken, i believe that the defroster feature in your AC system can at actually "defrost" windows. You know hot air blows out, the windshield heats up, therefore melting the ice. But i might be mistaking like i said.
GlutusMaximus86
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That dosen't help much in heavy freezing rain. Believe me I was trying that the whole way home, all it did really was slow down the freezing of the windshield wipers very slighlty.
True it does.
Road Demon
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Get good tires...some ultra high performance all seasons...make a huge difference with Z speed rated tires.
pirelli p-zero nero m+s
falken ziex 512
pirelli p-zero nero m+s
falken ziex 512
TurboOverCubicInches
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No. Z-rated tires are built for cornering, dry weather traction, and responsive steering. Even all-weather Z-rated tires, while they aren't BAD, are still disadvantageous in wet weather due to their profile and tread pattern. A good set of all weathers with a non-performance profile and tread pattern are the best you can do for rain.
"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
Road Demon
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turboovercubic inches, i have to politely disagree...
UHP tires such as a pirelli nero zero m+s, falken ziex 512, or a michelin pilot sport A/S...will do everthing better than a set of generic/touring all season with a non performance profile. Check out tirerack.com for the logical arguement and testing.
Those 3 tires are better designed to sipe away the water to prevent hydroplanning and use various types of rubber compounds to balance both rain performance in 35 degrees as well as 85 F.
In a perfect world you need 4 sets of tires...summer dry, summer wet, fall winter wet (high silca compound tread), and set of dedicated winters.
Goodyear Eagle GSD3 are fantastic rain tires in greater than 45 degrees and heavy rain. I have driven those at triple digit speeds...no hydroplaning. Now my RE070s own the dry, but not the wet.
UHP tires such as a pirelli nero zero m+s, falken ziex 512, or a michelin pilot sport A/S...will do everthing better than a set of generic/touring all season with a non performance profile. Check out tirerack.com for the logical arguement and testing.
Those 3 tires are better designed to sipe away the water to prevent hydroplanning and use various types of rubber compounds to balance both rain performance in 35 degrees as well as 85 F.
In a perfect world you need 4 sets of tires...summer dry, summer wet, fall winter wet (high silca compound tread), and set of dedicated winters.
Goodyear Eagle GSD3 are fantastic rain tires in greater than 45 degrees and heavy rain. I have driven those at triple digit speeds...no hydroplaning. Now my RE070s own the dry, but not the wet.