Restoring A High Mileage Car To Its Former Glory: Part 1/2 

BrabusBandit This series was great free PR from the start. Props to whatever PR-employee decided to get involved.

Judging by the fact that they've been using a Skoda Karoq as their CarThrottle transport & filming car, and the fact that in the earlier videos of Ethan & the other guys following Alex there were some shots of the steering wheel with the Skoda badge in main focus, I'd say there's already been some support behind the scenes long before they even started this High Mileage Hero's series.

8:15 That guy MUST GO BACK!

Skoda is too underrated man, it deserves more attention.

You think they did this out of the goodness of their hearts? What are you, 11?

don't be rude. You're already a year late to this thread.

It’s just a free advertisement on how reliable their engines are

jinch so the fact they gain something means its not a nice act? Youre the immature one

Recognition should go to VW, the supplier of the driveline

My dad bought a almost brand new one in 2004 and I grew up with that car as well. So many memories. A year ago my dad bought a new car and since then the octavia is mine. I puked in that car so many times as a kid and now I drive it around daily.

Sure you are

my Mitsubishi magna has done 300,000kms its a 1994 v6 wagon

Dude, Celica? Man, I wanna see it! Make a video about it pleaseee!!

So your Celica is getting a paintjob and nutjob. I fully understand how someone can be so close to their car.

This car has been in my family since new. It was bought only to be our traveling car in 1985. I received it about 3 or so years ago sorta as a present as it was on its way out and im a mechanic/pannel beater and painter by trade. I have big plans that are mostly full filled. Im waiting on just a few parts and the motor will be finished. I have a 4 wheel drive floor pan thatll be cut out so my 162 wont be a FWD itll be a AWD. Im aiming for around 150-170 wheel kw at all 4 which should be do-able considering the motor is essentially built. Plans are to keep it stock looking but around 2 inches wider then factory, so ill be extending the arches fully without showing bolts or harsh lines. I have quite alot of sweed (i dunno how to write it, swead, swayed ?) To be appolstered onto pretty much all the interior. Itll be my weekend road warrior as i already have enough other vehicles.

Congrats!

Haha so true

Yes, from personal experience this is true

*Chuckles in Ford Escort*

@@LGRCarVideosAndMore *chuckles in Volvo 480*

@@gabrielcooper1248 *Chuckles in Rover 200 BRM*

TheBlaggert it makes sense these videos make the brand look so good

He put skoda on my map, Good that the brand recognized him.

Argowal That's a Skoda from another time , now they've been bought by VW if I'm not mistaken

I was planning to get a BM but now I'm having legit second thoughts

> Argowal That's a Skoda from another time , now they've been bought by VW if I'm not mistaken That was, in fact, the first car Skoda did, after VW took over.

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Reference to Topgear?

This left me in stiches! 😂

“Is that my jacket??”

don't you mean 1.4 million miles?

Sai Vootukur why 1.4 million miles?

Ilikeboost because he was 400k miles at the beginning... or somewhere around that park.

My 01 Tacoma prerunner has 430k miles on it my goal is a million

Do you restore it and stuff?

I see what you did there.

Nathaniel Thompson i hate you for that

Painfully dad joke ish hahaha

Blair Henderson this Škoda has over 400k miles because engines were built freely back then (20 years ago), and car manufacturers didn't over inflate them with all sorts of filters that stress out the engine in order to reduce air pollution. A modern Škoda won't last like Miles did, but your emissions will go down (and road tax). So, there's a win and a lose for everyone.

Sergiu Puscasu it's mostly because the engine is undertuned. There's still newer Skodas like Taxis that have been well maintained that have quite a distance on them.

I guess that if you take care of a car, it will last. I hope that can also apply to modern cars.....

It's a WV inside. Some TDI engines are tricky .miles has been well taken care of .

Mottmatt yeah but this old skoda wasn't maintained properly, yet the engine is still running. If you do this to a new one, it'll BLOW (figuratively).

couldn't agree MORE!

Much wisdom you speak.

Absolutely fantastic and honest love for cars. Also extremely cool that the cars manufacturer reached out to you, really goes to show what a legitimate force Car Throttle is in the eyes of the auto world.

Love the vids keep it up

I think the car will be red

I want the steering wheel, I've shared and everything! 😂

Car Throttle make the car back whit white accents

please reed my comment and please give me the steering wheel :)

Road trip to the Czech republic sounds like a great idea

Us petrolhead love the story, Skoda loves the story and it's good publicity, Painters, mechanics and factory parts are getting their own visibility. Everybody is a winner. Miles is like an old grandfather who was a boxing champion. Maybe he's not fit as day 1, but it brings a lot of great memories that you wanna listen to.

I’ve been to the factory and it’s actually really cool. It’s like 3 quid to go round, you see them all being built and you get a bit of Skoda history. Go in the winter time and they have an ice rink outside as well :)

Mate that's a really good idea. Hope Car Throttle notice your comment; would be great to see!

I go there tomorrow actualy. I live 40 minutes from Mlada Boleslav.

funny thing is when i was a kid Skoda was the by word for awful quality, come along way.

sirico there was one owner before miles and knows the plans for miles

It is wierd that the steering wheel has indentations.

DaSovietPotato I used to have a diesel Octavia and I can tell you, those indentations are normal (not the thumb part)

Ikr

wear and tear buddy, wear and tear. that wheel been touched like ( improper joke ) ...

why? they sold the car its not theirs anymore, he got the car in hope his viewers woud support, us viewers supported him so he is giving back to us

GamingPredator when you spend 400k+miles in a car youll understand

i should say aswell without his meticulous dedication to the car.. it wouldn't be here..

Bruh one of my best friends is named Matt Thompson WTF

Matt Thompson I need it

KAL 1 make the car community great again

GabGas27 how do you even notice these kind of things xd

Robertas Burba I am a lover of detaling and these things make me cry!!!

Least it got resprayed after that

*Skoda.* *Simply* *Clever* (-rly destroying your car)

Looks more like some white goo which was on the screwdriver as there is also some white on the door handle after he touched it.

Does that mean making Miles to a limo?

Nice pun

Maybe kilometers.

Yes

A tundra has done it

Is this Matt Farah's Million Mile Lexus?

Alex Kersten's million mile Skoda

Drama Mere huzoor

When it clears the million miles !

Nope this car belongs to the wild

Well, it's a regular 1.9 tdi, with VRS interior, I don't think they would do it.

Yea in Czech republic i think we have one Octavia with 1M km in a Škoda museum. These cars really are indestructible :D

Yeah, half of all octavias there got over 500k km :-D

Well.. he is getting a fresh paint so

Axel's Empire great catch

Is there by any chance you play a Shooter of any kind because that explains it

Let us gang up on that man

We should crucify him and sacrifice him to the high mileage gods

I'll cancel the tank then ;)

he said he wouldnt crush it

He can't now. This car is just too much in a legendary status to do that.

Yeah he said he's gonna look after this one

wobbly sauce the dealership probably only had the vrs interior lying in its store and wanted rid of it

There’s a red vrs in the same room. Maybe they just took the interior from there?

ThinkCleverAndSmart that was their press car, alex had a go in it

Oh, my bad!

AT and HD yeah , better than classic cars sometimes

yeah, whats with phil?

he's talking about alex's miata. it's named after phil collins.

Rafael... whoosh...

you'll be pleased to know that V6 Philming starts next week already :)

You have a affair beside MIles..shame on you :-D

Hope you get it then ;D

Give him the steering wheel CarThrottle! #GiveSamiTheSteeringWheel2018

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Kb43Nxuwc4I.html just Rally it out

Hook up ya boy he needs it

just asking with 1.000.000 miles🤣

probably "not allowed" with their plan for only electric cars in 2050

Keisuke Takahasi I thought it was only a ban on new cars, in the sense there are still road legal steam cars I believe.

C A yes it’s only for newly produced cars, well I mean...you can’t just ban all cars from like 1800s to 2049 to drive on the road

By 2040 it'll be told he's not allowed on the road anymore

If you mean the top gear challenges with the three old boys, I agree. It's not about the power, coolness or common sense: we want to see nice stories about cars and their hidden capabilities. That's why we like the Botswana trip (the Opel story) and the Nile trip (the unstoppable Subaru). But no: those three idiots thrashed 3 great rare cars in Argentina while they act like kids but are actually OLD.

Nate wu why wouldn’t you? It’s free!

3rd channel I've seen you on.

I'm The Doctor btw

+KidOfEpicness Lol, we must watch alot of the same channels

one more reason: when the maintenance/repair bills start topping the car's sale value, its sort of an unsettling investment...

Gabriel Pedrosa my argument for when people say that is if you gotta spend £500 repairing something, either way you're loose that money whether the cars worth £10k or £200, you'll still be £500 worse off!

Yeah my dad drives for his work and he got to over 600,000 miles on his pickup and had to replace the transmission and all the transmission cooling which was $8,000.

DIONNAND000 or the owners get a new car and can't afford having both of them (taxes,fuel etc)

our 2000 hyundai santa fe lasted 400,000 miles per hour but it got totaled in 2013 after the transmission and brakes broke down the value of the car at that point was less than $500 so we sold it and got a new car

Sandy Peralta - Except for Phil the MX5. That actually was a good drivers car.

I think his goal was destroying it as well. He was probably like |--| close to destroying it either on a track or off-road. :D Still, I'm really proud. I feel like they've adopted a handicapped shelter pet and brought him back to life. This old dog still has a few more years and a few more hundred thousand miles up its sleeves.

Fat Rider well if you are 41 and she is 13, then jail is nothing but a room.

Unless it's less then 18..

Age is a word idiot

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That would be awesome!

Not as easy as that in England :l

STEVIE G4M1NG & Vlogs You could get M1LES if it was available, but I’d hate to think what it would cost!

M1 LES is gone :P

nooo called it smiles :D

Why did you put 2for

Very good idea! A trip to Mlada Boleslav!

+1 for that

Tipuju že jste češi, a né to auto nebylo kompletovaný v mladý boleslavi ale někde v anglii.