Mick, don't give up

I want to preface this by saying I'm not an influencer or anything like that so I don't truly know what it's like being hated on and being sent death threats. Although i'm sure its worse than people think.

Steering feel as a concept is way way too unknown and not discussed, and it's importance isn't recognised enough.

I had a 2012 Seat Ibiza as a first car, and as like all modern VAG racks it's very numb and boring. If you don't know what is going on until its too late it becomes much harder to drive it to the limit as you don't know where it is. As a result I never really pushed it, and so never really had alot of fun driving on my own, which was a big shame as I had looked forward to having my first car for so long. Having since driven a phase 1 106 1.1 with manual steering, god it was SO much more fun. Yes it was heavy round town but i would have that day day of the week, after all people drove them no issues.

The deeper issue here is that I just wasn't expecting this. I knew it wouldn't exactly be an Elise but after the driving novelty wore off it wasn't as much fun as i'd hoped. However, all the car reviews at the time said the Ibiza was a fun car, with "good steering".

Despite being a huge petrolhead, I had no idea what the concept of steering feel truly is, the feeling of being connected. It's not exactly easy to explain and no one out there brings enough light to just how inportant SF is.

Thats where you Mick come in. Your the first and still only person i've seen to actually describe the feeling of driving and steering and what makes a car enjoyable to drive. That is pretty bloody inpressive considering how many people are in car media and journalism and all that. Your videos I think are unbelievably helpful in understanding driving but also buying a car. Ironically I daily a mk7 golf GTD (booo lol) but i knew going into it to not expect huge fun fron it (not complaining it was very cheap for what it is).

And thats why what you do is important, it helps people like me in the car community to buy cars that they will enjoy, or stop the sad dissapointment that comes when you buy these modern performance cars with false expcectations. Also it defo saves money, selling the M3 must NOT have been good for the wallet.

I've personally sent a couple of your videos to friends when they have been looking for fun cars, and they've understood them.

So thank you Mick, whatever you do, just know you've been a massive help to me and many many others with the same car affliction.