On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Ian Butler wrote:

> Never driven a Beetle, but I know my old '77 Rabbit would happily cruise
> at top speed.  T'was nice not having to seriously worry about breaking
> anything, doing that...

Supposedly all VWs are designed to cruise continuously at full throttle
without damage -- at least when new.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon