Touchscreens Will Kill You! Worse Than Driving Drunk or High

At first, I didn’t mind touchscreens in our cars – but then they took over, pushed out the buttons and left us in lethal danger!

I’ve been reviewing cars long enough to remember when car dashboards had more buttons than Nasa’s Space Shuttle! You could reach out, jab a button, twist a knob or flip a toggle, without looking, barely using any brain processing power and still get the job done.

Today it’s swipe up, left, right or down, tap a menu, navigate a load of icons, drill down the page and finally you… crash into a pier and die. All for the sake of turning on the bum heater.

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Ferraris, Fumes & Feeling Burnt Out – BCG Therapy with Sy of Drivers Union

We talk burnout, classic vs new cars, event ticket prices, and why car culture still matters – even when it feels like it’s slipping away.

This week’s BrownCarGuy Therapy Session is one of the realest yet. No fluff, no filters – just a proper sit-down between me and Sy from Drivers Union, talking about the realities of being in the car world in 2025. We kicked off with the pressures of creating car content. Sy, also a brilliant automotive photographer, and me, running BrownCarGuy on YouTube, both know the hustle: hours of editing, planning, shooting, posting – and often, the payoff? Barely a blip. Creating content in a saturated space can feel like shouting into the void, and the mental toll is real.

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BCG Therapy Session Live – EV Charging, Meh Modern Metal & Ferraris

What do you get when you plug in a Polestar 4 at a supermarket car park, call a mate and go live? One of the most real, raw, and unfiltered chats about the state of cars today

So there I was – sitting in a Morrisons car park in Queensbury, Polestar 4 plugged in, charging away and with time to kill. Time to go live on Instagram. The impromtu session turned into a fun and controversial chat with a sudden surprise guest giving us a sneak peak into some sensational classic cars. A full-blown BrownCarGuy Therapy Session for Petrolheads. I was joined by long-time friend Reza Adil, and later by David from Huxley Automotive, who casually walked us around a garage full of jaw-dropping classics.

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UK Drivers Are Keeping Their Cars for 10 Years – And That’s a Good Thing!

The average car on British roads is now nearly a decade old – and that’s not bad news. With soaring new car prices, complex tech and finance fatigue, many drivers are saying: “No thanks!” to new motors

Remember when cars were affordable, simple and didn’t require a degree in Rocket Science just to adjust the wing mirrors? You don’t have to, because those cars are still around it seems, as a growing number of UK are hanging onto their cars longer than ever. According to the latest stats, the average age of cars on British roads is now nearly 10 years old (9 years and 10 months to be exact). That’s the oldest ever recorded.

Now some commentators – especially those flogging EVs and finance deals – are wringing their hands, warning it’s “bad for the environment” and “slowing the transition.” But hold on a minute. Is it really? Or could it be quite the opposite? Let’s take a closer look.

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Are Car Companies Going Woke? The Culture War Is Coming for Your Garage!

From rainbow-draped showrooms to politically-charged ad campaigns, the car world isn’t just about performance and price anymore. Are car companies really going “woke”? Or just trying to survive in a world where identity drives everything?

Once upon a time, all you had to ask was: “How many cylinders has it got?” Now? You need to ask if your new car aligns with your values, supports environmental justice, and – heaven forbid – won’t get you cancelled on your Facebook feed. Welcome to motoring in 2025. Forget horsepower. This is about identity politics. And the car world is tearing itself apart trying to figure out where it stands.

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Airport Drop-Off Charges Are OUT OF CONTROL

Dropping off friends or family at the airport? Well now it’s upto £7.00 Just to Say Goodbye!

Remember when going to the airport was fun? You didn’t even need to be travelling – just dropping someone off or picking up a loved one felt like part of the adventure. You’d pull up to the terminal, wave them off or catch them coming through arrivals with open arms and a smile. Well, welcome to Rip-Off Britain 2025, where even saying goodbye comes at a cost. Literally.

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26/07/2025 0

Hermione & Madam Hooch Banned for Speeding

Emma Watson and Zoe Wannamaker both banned from driving on the same day – on yer broomsticks then!

It seems even the magical world isn’t immune to the long arm of the law… or should I say, the long quill of Traffic Enforcement. In a bizarre twist of reality-meets-fantasy, Harry Potter stars Emma Watson (aka Hermione Granger) and Zoë Wanamaker (Madam Hooch) have been broomed off the road – both handed driving bans for exceeding speed limits in their respective metal chariots.

Yes, it’s official: even Hogwart’s brightest can’t charm their way out of a speeding ticket. And Madam Hooch? Let’s just say her ‘watch the speed’ advice only applies during flying lessons, apparently.

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20/07/2025 0

Flashed Your Lights to Help Another Driver? That’s a £1,000 Fine Now!

Welcome to motoring in Britain, 2025 edition – where common courtesy behind the wheel is apparently a crime

You know that little flash of headlights you do to help out a fellow motorist – to say “watch out, mate, there’s a speed trap ahead”? Yeah… turns out that could cost you £1,000. Yup. One grand. For being a nice person.

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19/07/2025 0

50 Years of the Lotus Esprit – The Ultimate Wedge Wonder!

Ode to an Icon: My Lifelong Love Affair with the Lotus Esprit

It started with a dive. Yes… I said “dive”, not “drive”. Actually, I don’t do water. So my answer to Roger Moore would have been “no” when he turned to his passenger in the 1977 Bond movie, The Spy Who Loved Me, and asked, “Can you swim?”. Of course, his actual passenger was a lot prettier.

I am obviously referring to that epochal moment when 007 truly went full sci-fi, as a sleek, low, wedge-shaped car sliced under a helicopter, zipped off a pier, dove into the ocean and transformed into a submarine. That white Lotus Esprit had me at “Look what Q’s brought for us, isn’t it nice?” – it was love at first sight, and I’ve been obsessed with it ever since.

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Car Guy Therapy: Bizarre Bentleys, McMessy Maseratis & 911 Letdowns – Seriously, What?!

How do you cope with electric luxury barges with super long bonnets, Maseratis making up mad names, boutique supercar companies parting the foolish rich from their faloos, meanwhile two of the most iconic cars celebrate big birthdays!

Welcome to Car Guy Therapy – your dose of motoring mayhem, eyebrow-raising concepts, and proper petrolhead perspective. We will dish out the latest car news, drop a few truth bombs, and maybe help you make sense of the bizarre world the automotive industry’s driving us through. Watch the video below now!

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