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 Go for it lad 👍🏻 I would want to, yes Compare it to factory specs to see how much power its lost etc. Would be interesting to see. And maybe a tear down to see what 400k does to car. Track day Skoda Please make a series with it Do it! Do it now! Clean it up real good and let people try and guess the price/ milage A swap maybe? A VR6 or Flat 4 would be awesome Enter it in whatever the UK’s equivalent of 24 Hours of LeMons is. Transform it into a race car and then test it in an amateur race or something like that Pagination Page 8 Next page Next Page Previous page Prev Page Latest News News The Finished McMurtry Spéirling Pure Fan Car is Here with 1,000bhp Used Cars 10 Fast Used SUVs You can Buy for Under £10,000 Sponsored Cars, Food and the Best Midweek Vibes Await at the Next Hagerty Hangout Workshop Don’t Fuel Around: The Clarke CHT713 Makes Fuel Pressure Testing Easy Workshop Soften Things Up with Clarke’s AFF-1 Anti Fatigue Foam Floor TilesSubscribe 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 More News News Neuroscientist Says Driving a Manual Contributes to Brain Health Features Everything to Look Out for at the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed Used Cars The Best Used Hot Hatches to Suit Every Budget News Production Version of Unhinged 1,000bhp McMurtry Spéirling Teased News We’ll Finally See the Internet-Breaking Jaguar Type 01 in October
Compare it to factory specs to see how much power its lost etc. Would be interesting to see. And maybe a tear down to see what 400k does to car.
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Go for it lad 👍🏻
I would want to, yes
Compare it to factory specs to see how much power its lost etc. Would be interesting to see. And maybe a tear down to see what 400k does to car.
Track day Skoda
Please make a series with it
Do it! Do it now!
Clean it up real good and let people try and guess the price/ milage
A swap maybe? A VR6 or Flat 4 would be awesome
Enter it in whatever the UK’s equivalent of 24 Hours of LeMons is.
Transform it into a race car and then test it in an amateur race or something like that