WE LOST A LEGEND...

You're a good man. May he rest in peace.

So sad, I hope to see the MattWood Memorial festival in the future to raise money for charity

Fucking hell. As a father, having a son diagnosed with terminal cancer and a deadline on how long your son is going to live, I cannot imagine the pain. All the best to Matt's family, may you find comfort in all the loving memories of Matt.

Rest in Peace Matt Pollard 😔

Incredibly saddened by the news. I never managed to make it to Mattwood, but actually met Matt by chance by buying an old camera off of him from his ad on FB marketplace. I went round to pick up the camera from his house, and ended up spending about an hour just kicking tyres and chatting about cars. His pure enthusiasm and passion for cars was incredible, and will cherish the brief moment I had with Matt for a long time. RIP Mr. Pollard and thank you autoalex team for all you've done.

You are owed nothing and you can't feel sorry for yourself - Matt Pollard Great words to live by at any age, RIP Matt

I want to say that you guys are absolute gents. I think that the way that you have used the success of the AutoAlex channel to help people like Matt and of course Michael with the van, is just amazing. The fact that you make these videos with the aim of cheering people up and helping people is one of the many things that makes your channel by far the best on YouTube. Thank you for all you do for the entire community. R.I.P Matt Pollard, you will be missed.

RIP Matt, boys do the Micra up for his sister, listening to your stories of him, sounds like what he would do.

A charity/foundation set up in Matt's honour is a great idea, and I would love to contribute. RIP Matt.

All the boys faces and voices just show pure raw emotion for the brother in the car world that they lost. Know Alex likes a joke around along with Taylor & Rory. That’s what we all love about all 3 of them. Never seen Taylor sit so quiet and be so respectful & Rorys face just looked gutted. Life is very cruel boys but well done to talking about an already difficult subject amongst us stubborn men. Your kindness and sadness give us all an experience and to show others it’s ok to be not ok. My sincerence’s condolences to Matts family. May he rest in peace. Well done boys for tackling a very personal and sensitive subject. I have struggled badly with illness from last year at 49 where my kids where being sent for by the senior doctors as they didn’t think I was going to make it. My kids were told if I didn’t pull through the next 12 hours I would have been dead. I was given the last rites from the hospital priest. The same thing killed my children’s mother at the young age of 47. I was on life support and and have very very slowly battled back to some sort of health. I smiled properly for the first time yesterday as I was able to drive my shitbox out on the road myself. Mines needs some love and attention which I hope to give her once I’m back working. Stay safe, be strong and most importantly BE THERE FOR ONE ANOTHER . Take care everyone. Love ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

You gave him great memories of the last couple of years, RIP Matt

From the USA I send my deepest condolences to Matt's family and friends. I'm in tears writing this. His story and strength got to me watching the videos featuring him. I was so happy to see you guys rally together and kill it fixing up the MX 5 and amazingly putting Mattwood together. This was something I wished so badly I could have been part of. This is exactly what we need more of and Alex you are the man. You have a big heart and share your success with those who need it most. Thank you for being you and sharing it with the world. Love all you guys under the AutoAlex multiverse. And Rory's mom Jackie!

😢 heartbreaking news. Condolences too Matt's whole family and friends 😢

A genuine hit amongst the Autoalex community. To Matt's family and friends, many condolences. RIP Matt

I have stage 3 brain tumour cancer and love you guys and the videos, life can change very fast and makes us appreciate life, hardest thing is not driving anymore. Live life everyone. Stay positive !!!

This is what the car community is about. Learning from each other to then building a friendship from a question, a beautiful thing has developed. I hope the things you guys did for matt's family will keep matt close and if the feel they need to be neat him they can go for a drive in the micra or mx5 and remember him in that moment. You guys are great and keep doing you on this channel, this is my favourite youtube channel as you are the guys next door who you wanna hang out with and spin spanners.

I enjoyed his channel. Also, I have an Idea for the micra. Fix it up, and raffle it off at Mattwood. Someone will win, use and enjoy it, and it can be used as the promotional car for Mattwood 2024 by making, t shirts, and stickers with it fixed up as well. Some of the money made will repay the family for the funeral expenses. And the rest can be set up as a fund in matts name for you to dip into when you have someone else in need.

You could make his Micra into a chalk board type car and have people sign/draw/write messages for Matt on on it at Mattwood this year and have it clear coated to preserve everything drawn/written on it after the show. I'm not that knowledgeable about paintwork so not sure if this would be possible but I think worth looking into. I thought this would be a nice communal way to remember him and his passion for cars.

Thankyou all for sharing this and keeping Matt truly alive for everyone and the future

He is a Legend. I've never been to Mattwood but I remember when this channel launched and watched that video. Touching stuff. RIP 🍻