The DEATH of Driving Pleasure: 9 Things Killing Cars Forever

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The DEATH of Driving Pleasure: 9 Things Killing Cars Forever Driving used to mean freedom — now it means fighting software. The DEATH of Driving Pleasure: 9 Things Killing Cars Forever exposes how the automotive industry, regulators, and technology companies have quietly murdered everything that once made cars exciting. From the Nürburgring to your local highway, every aspect of driving joy is being replaced by electronic intervention, fake sensations, and digital babysitters. What was once a symphony of mechanics has become a sterile orchestra of sensors and warning chimes — and one of these nine killers becomes mandatory across Europe in July 2025. It starts with steering — or rather, the lack of it. Electronic power steering has erased all connection between driver and road, transforming what used to be communication into numb, artificial resistance. Add the CVT transmission, a rubber-band torture device that kills both performance and reliability, and you begin to see the pattern: efficiency over emotion, profit over passion. Even the sounds are fake — “Active Sound Design” and “Soundaktor” now pump artificial engine noise through speakers, replacing mechanical music with MP3 files. Every rev, every vibration, every sensation that once defined driving has been sanitized in the name of comfort and control. And control is exactly what they want. From July 2025, EU speed limiters (Intelligent Speed Assistance) will make it illegal to drive beyond posted limits — even temporarily. Your car will physically cut power, “protecting” you from yourself. Combine that with lane-keeping systems that wrestle the steering wheel, and you’re no longer the driver — you’re a monitored occupant of your own vehicle. Manual transmissions? Down to just 8% of new cars in Europe. Handbrakes? Replaced by electronic switches that fail ten times more often. Even engines are neutered, rev-limited to 6,000 RPM in the name of “efficiency,” robbing you of that mechanical crescendo that once made every drive an experience. The final insult? Beeping. Endless, incessant, sanity-breaking alerts — seatbelts, doors, speed, attention, lane departure, service reminders. From 2025, cars will even beep continuously if you exceed the speed limit. It’s not safety — it’s psychological conditioning. They’re making driving so miserable that you’ll beg for autonomous cars. Manufacturers and regulators are dismantling the soul of motoring piece by piece, conditioning you to accept a future where humans no longer drive. But there’s still time to resist. Every manual you buy, every driver-focused car you preserve, every time you disable an electronic nanny — you’re taking a stand. Mazda, Porsche, Alpine, and Gordon Murray Automotive still build cars for drivers. Support them. Because once this generation of mechanical purity is gone, it’s gone forever. This isn’t nostalgia — it’s survival for the very idea of driving as a human act. Join the rebellion before it’s too late. Dash cam footage has saved more arguments than any lawyer. 70mai—reliable and affordable. Supports the channel if you use this link: https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=61187&awinaffid=2735548&campaign=BFCM+2025&ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.70mai.com%2Fglobal%2F Stop paying dealers £60+ just to read a fault code. ThinkCar diagnostic tools let you see what your car is actually telling you. I use them, mechanics use them: https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=49941&awinaffid=2735548&ued=https%3A%2F%2Fmythinkcar.com%2Fproducts%2Fthinkcar-thinkscan-689bt-bidirectional-scan-tool #CarEnthusiast #DrivingPleasure #CarCulture #AutomotiveTruth #ManualTransmission #CarRegulations #SpeedLimiters #DrivingFreedom #CarNews #DrivingIsDead #Petrolhead #CarIndustry #savethemanuals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHBt1mBj3gA