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 Previous I Just Bought This Bargain 50k-Mile Skoda Octavia vRS Estate Next The Pikes Peak Hill Climb: Everything You Need To Know Sponsored PostsComments Inspecting the engine for wear and tear would be good And also maybe an acceleration test to see how much slower it is then when it left the factory and also for rust Sleeper!!!! A series to see how much work it is to make 600hp in a 4 cylinder turbo would be cool Test it’s endurance? Drive it from lands end to John O’groats, or do a whole lap of the M25 Would love to see that! Ever done a demolition derby? You can read minds. Make it a racecar cheap projects: yes. Too cheap projects wehere you destroy the car at the end: no. I second this comment, let us see what an old car can achieve with a bit of care rather than how much abuse it can survive. 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) My thoughts exactly Make it a grand tourer and drive to Monaco in it. Pagination Page 1 Next page Next Page Latest News News Ford Bronco Roadster Concept Unveiled As Tribute To Stripped-Back Original News Monterey Car Week 2025 Round-Up: The Good, The Bad And The Just Plain Weird News $26m Ferrari Daytona SP3 Is Most Expensive Post-2000 Car Ever Sold At Auction News You Could Buy Three McLaren Racing Cars Before They Even Race News Cupra Born, VW ID3 And More Get UK EV Grant Discount News The Lamborghini Fenomeno Is The Company’s Quickest, Most Powerful Car YetSubscribe 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 Latest Reviews Reviews 2025 Porsche Taycan Review: Still The Best Of Its Kind Reviews 2025 Renault 4 Review: What Difficult Second Album? Reviews Audi RS4 Edition 25 Review: Brilliant, But One For The Audi Superfans Reviews Lotus Emeya Review: A Good Electric Car, But Is It A Great Lotus? Reviews 2025 Kia EV6 GT Review: So Close To Being Good, Yet So Far Reviews 2025 Volvo XC90 Review: Old, But Still Gold
I second this comment, let us see what an old car can achieve with a bit of care rather than how much abuse it can survive.
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
And also maybe an acceleration test to see how much slower it is then when it left the factory
and also for rust
Sleeper!!!!
A series to see how much work it is to make 600hp in a 4 cylinder turbo would be cool
Test it’s endurance? Drive it from lands end to John O’groats, or do a whole lap of the M25
Would love to see that!
Ever done a demolition derby?
You can read minds.
Make it a racecar
cheap projects: yes. Too cheap projects wehere you destroy the car at the end: no.
I second this comment, let us see what an old car can achieve with a bit of care rather than how much abuse it can survive.
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)
My thoughts exactly
Make it a grand tourer and drive to Monaco in it.