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Good neeewwwwws!

Yeah, I was pretty gutted when the whole DriveTribe platform sort of died. I was particularly irritated that I never managed to make anything of my short tenure as DriveTribe's most eccentric poster. I never even met the chaps or visited the office! I was supposed to go to the big party thing at the start, but my wife said I was too busy. I kept thinking I'd call into the office, but I was never actually in London for anything during that time. I'll still take that 'Well Done' from Richard and James for my 2017 article of the year but... Yeah, I could have made more of it. I should have made more of it. I should have taken on more of the 'requested' articles rather than just pouring the mush that came out of my ill-functioning brain on the day... I don't think it helped that part of the way through mum died of cancer, then we had covid and lockdowns and stuff and I ended up spiralling into a near-suicidal hellpit of anxiety and depression. Then it turns out I have ADHD, as well as some somewhat autistic traits... I miss it though. I feel like maybe it was the wrong time? The concept for DT was really good, it seemed to work really well at times but I feel like the whole motoring landscape has changed. Maybe it's because Jeremy, James and Richard have already done pretty much everything that was worth doing to do with motoring, maybe it's because we're living in a world of electrics and hybrids by necessity and cars are generally 'dull-as-wallpapering' shopping trolleys or school-run taxis with about as much character as a Zanussi washing machine.... I dunno. I really enjoyed your cheap holiday thing where you did the three holidays in three days. That was a great clip. I'll definitely keep a look out for your travel videos. Not sure I'll be watching the 'behind the scenes with James May' stuff as he recommended me a car and owning it has left me with a somewhat unfortunate decision to make.

I was worried that you would not be able to survive but your past the 50K subscriber stage which seems to be the point individuals can go full time. Its seems like channels need about 50K subscribers for each full time creator. To bring in the revenue. Whilst the first hire a KZfaq channel seems to make is often a video Editor to split the workload followed by camera crew & writers. Personally I think Linus Tech Tips did the sensible thing and first brought in an advertising/brand managment to handle the back end business and finance. Only then did they invest in hacking, shooting & cutting. Any thoughts given that you started in social media managment?

Really great to also see you back on your own channel 😍 So does that mean you no longer work on WHAT NEXT as well or only DRIVE TRIBE. If so, James will not be able to make his food stuff on WHAT NEXT channel anymore, not as good anyways. I really look forward to your new projects here on this channel and else where ❤️👌🏼

Exactly this for myself as well.

Thanks so much 🤓

@@LucyBrownVids Same. I only cared about you and James. You were funny and a great pair onscreen. I will support you and James May's Planet Gin wholeheartedly.

👍exactly.

Me too !! So genuine and down to earth.

Thanks 🙏

@@LucyBrownVids I am shocked that James May said that, about you , are you really a teenager? thought you were in your 20s lol ( No offense Lucy

Anyone under the age of 30 is a teenager to James 😂

@@LucyBrownVids oh lol

@@LucyBrownVids You do look really young. I thought you were 25!

Wow, thank you!

Thanks! I love making those videos so you can expect more travel and cooking 🧑‍🍳

🤞

Clarkson and may have nothing todo with the channel anymore

Clarkson and May have been out of DT for a long time. I think Hammond took over and re-structured the company at the beginning of 2022. I've actually liked the channel better since then. Unfortunately, FoodTribe/What Next has suffered a bit since then. Except for the videos with Lucy, of course.

I can't stand MF.

I honestly think that mike fella has the charisma of a rock, and in a few videos I've watched (I think there were with the diesel Brera), he even came off as an arrogant t*at.

No point in funding something that wasn't giving a return, they already shut part of it down years ago. Doubt any of the 3 channels made any money at all after paying folks. Probably why it was filled with James advertising his gin and commercials disguised as videos. DriveTribe seems to now be doing better now though.

Thanks so much! 😊