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 Previous Article I Just Bought This Bargain 50k-Mile Skoda Octavia vRS Estate Next Article Do You Really Know The Basics Of Driving? Related Articles Reviews Why We’re Living With A Skoda Kodiaq vRS For 6 Months News Classic Skoda 100 Reinvented As Modern RWD Sports Saloon Features 10 Capable Winter Cars For Under £5000 News Forgotten Skoda 1000 MBX Reimagined As Sporty 2+2 EV News Skoda Fabia Gets Warm Hatch Treatment With 174bhp 130 Edition Reviews Car Camping Showdown: Dacia Duster Sleep Pack Vs Roof TentComments 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 Latest News News The 1,050bhp Lamborghini Revuelto SV Will Hit 62mph in 2.4 Seconds Workshop Stay Fresh with the Clarke Jetstar 1850B Pressure Washer Workshop We Wish We’d Discovered Clarke’s CBBT1 Bluetooth Battery Tester Sooner Features These are the Last 10 Petrol-Powered Hot Hatches Left in Britain in 2026 News JCB Hydromax Hits 406mph, Smashes Hydrogen Speed RecordSign up for The Car Throttle NewsletterYour info will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Leave this field blank More News Gaming The Cars Gran Turismo Helped Turn Into Icons News MINI Gives Its Hottest Hatch A Rally-Inspired Makeover Gaming 11 Exciting Driving Games Still to Come in 2026 and Beyond Features 8 Brilliant Cars That Lived In Their Sibling’s Shadow News Try Not to Cry as a Rotary-Powered Mazda Le Mans Racer Goes up in Flames
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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