Stealth Pilot wrote:
Anno for the benefit of guys like me who havent been to Germany or for
that matter the Northern Territory(no speed limit at all)
which are the vollgasfest engines?

The problems were back in the 70s and earlier. Since the 80s, most cars
sold* in Germany are vollgasfest. The Audi/VW, BMW and Mercedes probably
get the worst abuse because they are frequently used as company cars (and
lots of companys give company cars to their employees for tax reasons) and
rentals. Diesels are supposed to be particularly tough. I'ld be a bit
careful with the highly charged gasoline ones such as the big Volvo 5-cyl,
but that may be me being irrational.

Anno.

*) Note: Sold, not produced. Includes non-German carmakes. Trying to
categorize cars by country of origin gets increasingly difficult and
pointless anyway, as evidenced by the Cadillac BLS, which is an
American-branded car based on the German Opel Vectra platform and being
produced in the Saab plant in Trollhättan, Sweden. And we haven't even
glanced at the suppliers.