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 Do You Really Know The Basics Of Driving? 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 Tolman Engineering Launches Dedicated Group B Restoration Programme News This Porsche 904 Tribute Will Get An All-New Flat-8 Engine News This One-Off Rolls-Royce Spectre Celebrates A Very Good Boy News Range-Topping Dodge Charger Banshee EV Reportedly Cancelled News A New Lotus Esprit Restomod Is On The Way News A Dutch Firm Is Perfectly Restoring Datsun 240Zs, And We Need OneSubscribe 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 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray UK Review: American Genius Reviews Aston Martin DBX S Review: Marginal Gains Reviews 2025 Audi Q3 Review: There’s A Decent Car Beneath The Gimmicks Reviews 2025 Audi A6 Avant Review: Good, But Where’s The Audi-Ness? Reviews 2025 Audi E-Tron GT Review: Does What A Fast Electric Audi Should Reviews Cupra Terramar VZ Review: A Case Of Unfulfilled Potential
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.