The Incredible Story of YouTube’s Most Famous High-Mileage Car
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- Miles the 'High Mileage Hero' Skoda Octavia is back!
"Miles" is a humble Mk1 Skoda Octavia, with a 1.9 TDI engine and an incredible story. Bought by @CarThrottle in 2018, he had 430,000 miles (692,000km) on the odometer, equivalent to 17 times around the Earth. They did a series of videos with Miles which now have over 14 million views in total and during that time he was cherished and restored to better than factory condition.
But since then, Miles has flown under the radar - where did he go and what happened to him? What does the future look like and will we see him again?
Car Throttle Miles Playlist: • High-Mileage Hero
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I’m not surprised at all. When I worked for Seat, a customer had their 1.9 PD Leon serviced with us religiously. It was 15 years old and had 255,000 miles on it. More reliable than a wood burning stove!
The motor in miles is a tdi not pd
@@paulstephenson5672pd is a tdi
Great to see Miles still on the road! 🚙
Great to see that Miles is still going strong. Sounds like the new owner is a good fit to keep him on the road to 500k and beyond 😁
I saw Miles at Mattwood 2023 which Alex hosted a few weeks back. Looked quite good then and I was shocked when I saw it as it was just sitting with all the other cars belonging to spectators of the show rather than inside the main event.
I also saw it there! The condition Miles is in is just like it was at Goodwood, so it's not too bad really :) I agree, it was a shame it was parked in the wrong area, I think the guys on the door didn't recognise it as anything other than an old Skoda so it ended up where it did (same area as my car, ha)
1st Octavia is just legend between reliable cars
The Octavia is a value for money, reliable and durable workhorse built to last, as this example clearly demonstrates.
I enjoyed watching the series from car throttle on this legendary example, from the equally legendary Czech brand❤.
I've one of these , it was bought brand new by my late father and changed hands within the family, I ended up with it and I love it, only clocked 145,000 miles to date though. it has the VE pump 110hp asv engine.
Ace. Barely run in!
Great to see that Miles is still on the road... A little bit of cosmetic TLC while make it look good again... This shows that regular servicing is the key to making a car last a long time...
Great to see it survive good engines and being serviced properly have paid off .
Hi. Great video! just one correction, it's not a 1.9 PD but a 1.9 VP, an older model of an 1.9 TDI with mechanical diesel pump unlike PD.
It's a 1.9 VE not VP although guess it's understandable that Millennials to get confused and think all 1.9 VAG engines are PDs. I've owned a Leon 1.9 VE since 2006, engine runs great still got the same amount of power and gives over 55MPG. Rest of the car is falling apart through and will be scrapped in a year or two.
Great car nice video ❤
great to se miles alive i did follow the series on car throttle and really hoped it went on to live a life. this car is famous and glad to hear the new keeper is going to sort the damage well done for finding miles to carry on his journey.
This is an awesome video. I always loved that episode with Miles .
Thanks :)
Many thanks JJ for an excellent video of the famous Miles love these stories of cars that can achieve very big and impressive mileage. I am much more interested in older cars than the current offerings.
Thanks David, agreed 100%
grew up with this car very nostalgic... allways said one day i will own an Octavia
Glad to hear Miles is still living on!
Nice to see it still works just a massive shame the owner who had it before this guy treated like shite
Great to see this I’m picking up my 2010 version with 366.000 miles
I’ve seen someone sell a Skoda Superb from 2010 with nearly 500k on the clock and there was nothing wrong with it other than needed a new tyre due to it being warn down but apart from that was in perfect working order
The 1.9 TDI is definitely one of the best engines ever created, VAG were so good up until around 2007
The low powered early 1.9 like this and the 2.0 HDI engines were always the best!
Mk5 golf was the decline badly made mk6 golf was boring and then they have really cleaned there act up with the mk7 and 8
@@pug2052 the later common rail 2.0 is very good too. Mk7 Golf/Mk3 Octavia type
@@mcmcolm yes defiantly the 2.0 CR TDI fitted in the mk7 is a very good engine
Rented aTaxi one years ago that had 400k and been clocked. Proper cars.
So it had been clocked down to 400k? :D Amazing
edit - Oh, I'm guessing it was clocked down from 400k lol
@JJonCars octavia was bulletproof was well over 400k and drive had merc with near 1000k
As well as Miles, the 500,000 mile Citroen Picasso featured on HubNut is another high mileage hero
I've seen it - rather impressed with that car, I have to say
miles is now back with auto alex
Little correction: Thats not a PD "Pumpedüse" engine this is a VEP "Verteiler Einspritz Pumpe" Engine.
What is the difference between a pre PD engine and a pd engine?
@@joemurphy7405 PD has Pump Injectors, which use the camshaft to produce the pressure for the pump and the pre pd has a High pressure pump mounted outside the engine, with pipes, delivering the fuel to the injectors
Funny I was wondering about miles and then hound this video
It's a good way to prove to people a simple formula
Look after your car and your car looks after you !
So as of this week, Autoalex has actually bought Miles back! So the story continues on :)
@@JJonCars
Fantastic !! Can't wait to see of he does another episode on miles
Have a Passat 130 PD Estate myself with 585,000 on it. It's off the road at the minute getting some new subframe bushes put in. Only major fault it's had was a head gasket failure at 170k miles. It was still driveable if you drove it easy but if you put the foot down the combustion gases were leaking into the cooling system and pressurising it. Easy fix and it's had no engine problems since. And as far as I know it's still on the original camshaft
Wow, that's mega. The highest mileage car I've reviewed is a Passat with 500k on it, and it was in fantastic condition. Great cars.
@@JJonCars I managed to find a real gem when I took the other one off the road. A black 2005 Highline 130PD. Alot of niggly faults like window regulators, no brakes, fuel cooler damaged and really dull paint. The guy couldn't be bothered with it so he sold it to me for £250. Best bit is there's only 130k miles on it. Paint came up like new and including buying it, it's cost me £600.
Will last a good few years.
Excellent to see this car it just goes to show old diesel cars if serviced will just keep going
Yep! Not full of complicated emissions related stuff like they are now
Bit of me being pedantic here, but it’s actually a pre PD engine, one of the older TDI engines (probably an AGR or ALH)
However! A very good video to watch on how Miles is doing now, was only watching their video series this morning all over again!
Good point well made - Turns out they did fit the Mk1 with the PD, but this 90bhp model isn't one. Thank you, that is quite the co-incidence!
What is the difference between the older pre PD engine? And the pd engine?
@@joemurphy7405completely different ways of injecting fuel, pre PD use mechanical VE (Verteiler) pump, and PD (Pumpe Düse) uses an individual unit injector for every cylinder and you can tell them by how different they sound and work
@@realspeedghxst I have the pre PD one and was wondering
I had first dibs on buying this. Sadly i couldn't commit to it! Good luck
Owned by auto Alex again now
Yes, back with the rightful owner! :)
Barely done any miles since shame really I was hoping to see it go well over 500k
One day! 🤞
I have a DS3 DSport 2010 plate and it now has 255,500 miles on the clock, same clutch from new!! I do all the work on it myself and it drives as it did when i bought it back in 2017 when is had 72k on the clock.
That's very impressive :) French cars can get a bad rap for reliability but sounds like it has done well under your care!
@@JJonCars It is no different to being married. Keep them happy, always answer to any potential niggles, and treat them occasionally to some new parts!
"My god, that's a Proton" 😂😂
Hahaha, couldn't help myself, genuinely surprised to see one 😂
Unfortunately Miles was not particularly well looked after, but good news!! Alex has bought him back!!
Yes, great news!
I've got a 2007 1.9 Passat. 511,000 on the Clock. Engine still runs like new. The rest is a bit shabby.
For sale if anyone wants it
Nice. They run and run those cars when looked after.
I had a Ford van with over 600,000 miles on it when I sold it
Hope someone has tagged Alex in this!
I did when I first posted it :) He very kindly shared it on Instagram which got it a bit of traction.
Alex has since brought him back, happy days :D
@@Sid3300 woop!
Im sure Alex has got it back again.
He has! :) Good job I got the chance to drive it when I did, as he says he's never selling it again haha
@@JJonCars I'm sure there's taxi's in Africa with 10millon on the clock. 😂
Does the new owner want to sell it to me 😂 like Miles
At current diesel prices in my country. It would have burnt through $79,000 of diesel in it's life!
Haha crazy!
I wonder if car throttle will ever buy it back?
As of a couple of weeks ago AutoAlex - formerly of Car Throttle - has bought it back! It should be appearing on his channel very soon :)
It's up now @@JJonCars
My 2006 Skoda Octavia has 975800 on it
Incredible. Can I drive it? 😆
Not sure you’d want too, we just use it to go to see to the horse, it’s no longer a clean car.
It’s certainly in a used condition.
It had a 2nd hand motor fitted at 525000
Is it a 1.9tdi?
No it’s the 2.0 tdi with the bkd motor
Is the transmission never giving up??
Apparently not!
It's Vw ,of course it's good.
Yes ,like any other car manufacturer they make mistakes but ,in general, they make very good ,nice solid cars
A heart-warming video for all us petrol heads - really entertaining
Who had it after Carthrottle? Looks like it was really neglected.
The dent was unfortunate, but I think that the other issues are just par for the course for an older car like this. The headlining is actually quite a common issue I believe, they must have used terrible glue 😄
Main thing is it's had oil and filter changes and maintained properly, so the engine should keep going for a long time yet!
@@JJonCars yep, own two of them, both have the headliner issue. i think it was just down to using a cheaper glue.
What a journey!
Such a shame about that damage. I know it's repairable but even so, it's sad.
Maybe we should all run our cars until they literally die. Not good for the motor trade but definitely better for the planet.
It's what I was thinking - it really shows how much more we could get out of our cars if we looked after them properly and didn't get bored (I'm more guilty of the latter).
As for the damage, it's a shame but hopefully it will be sorted out!
It’s a non PD ALH. Not PD
Aye you're right - someone else mentioned that too. Both solid engines that can do mega miles
What's the main difference between a non pd alh and a pd engine?
One is mechanical injection using a a Bosch ve pump and older style edc15 engine management with vac operated egr , the PD has the unit injector and uses edc16/17 engine management electronic egr systems etc as is altogether more complicated and it won't run on waste oil unlike the earlier non pd models.@@joemurphy7405
Does the owner have an insta?
@highmileagehero
Not the highest ive seen 1 million miles
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You lucky boy, getting to drive a piece of motoring history! 🙂 I've never heard of a car referred to as a 'he', my cars have always been 'she'. What's the female equivalent of miles? 🤔
Haha yes, that's how I felt about it.
Cars are definitely not normally a 'he', I don't normally do it, or name any of my cars :D but with Miles it has to be a him!
Miles-ette? Mila? 😄
Another oil burner, let's see the highest petrol.
I know another skoda with more than 500k miles same engine 1.9 Reg is : BD07ZPM
I’ve had numerous 1.9 tdi well over the 200k miles mark, the bodies seem to let go before the engines in my experience
Yeah for sure. Especially in places with salty winter roads