I have the opportunity to buy a super high-mileage (+400k miles) Skoda Octavia for £200. Would you want to see a series on it? And if so, what should we do with it? Alex Kersten 01 Mar 2018 Share Add as a preferred source Previous I Just Bought This Bargain 50k-Mile Skoda Octavia vRS Estate Next Do You Really Know The Basics Of Driving? More News Features 10 Capable Winter Cars For Under £5000 20/11/25 News Forgotten Skoda 1000 MBX Reimagined As Sporty 2+2 EV 23/10/25 News Skoda Fabia Gets Warm Hatch Treatment With 174bhp 130 Edition 07/10/25 Reviews Car Camping Showdown: Dacia Duster Sleep Pack Vs Roof Tent 28/09/25 News Classic Skoda 110 R Reimagined As Retrofuturist EV Sports Car 25/09/25 News Skoda Could Kill Either The Octavia Or Superb 09/09/25Comments Inspecting the engine for wear and tear would be good Sleeper!!!! Test it’s endurance? Drive it from lands end to John O’groats, or do a whole lap of the M25 Ever done a demolition derby? Make it a racecar cheap projects: yes. Too cheap projects wehere you destroy the car at the end: no. For sure! I’d love to see a teardown of how the drivetrain and everything looks after that mileage. Try and do a bit of Gymkhana Please please do one more series like you did with the Lexus (turning a regular car into a track weapon) Make it a grand tourer and drive to Monaco in it. Pagination Page 1 Next page Next Page Subscribe to our NewsletterGet the latest car news, reviews and unmissable promotions from the team direct to your inboxFor more information see our Privacy Policy Leave this field blank
Please please do one more series like you did with the Lexus (turning a regular car into a track weapon)
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Inspecting the engine for wear and tear would be good
Sleeper!!!!
Test it’s endurance? Drive it from lands end to John O’groats, or do a whole lap of the M25
Ever done a demolition derby?
Make it a racecar
cheap projects: yes. Too cheap projects wehere you destroy the car at the end: no.
For sure! I’d love to see a teardown of how the drivetrain and everything looks after that mileage.
Try and do a bit of Gymkhana
Please please do one more series like you did with the Lexus (turning a regular car into a track weapon)
Make it a grand tourer and drive to Monaco in it.
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