I was having a "robust" discussion" with my partner last night about the intended usage of my soon to be tuned 34.
Given the cars value, fresh paint, and the risk of cosmetic and mechanical damage, I have no intention of heavily tracking the car (I have a dedicated track car for that).
I fully admit that whilst I'm now respectful of the road rules and a law abiding citizen (I was once neither of those things when it came to cars and almost lost my license) I do intend to occasionally, and where safe to do so, pin the throttle to the firewall for the odd highway on ramp blast.
My comment was, there are instances where road conditions, road choice, lack of traffic, time of day etc can allow for "safe speeding" or at the very least safe WOT acceleration to a safe and legal speed.
My point being there's little if any more risk than when I'm at the track (granted I have a roll cage/ firesuit etc, but I'm also going much faster and driving a lot harder).
Her concern, and completely valid, is that even when removing the risk of hurting someone else (something I am passionate about when I tell people to take it to the track) should something go wrong, there's a much higher likelihood of serious injury (trees, culverts, drains etc) than at a race track.
So, what do you think/ Is there such a thing as "safe" speeding/rapid acceleration. OR is that something we just tell ourselves exists because we haven't crashed/been caught "yet"?
To give some context, I'm 33, have owned a number of performance cars, almost lost my license once, haven't had a speeding fine in almost a decade now.
Adding your age might be useful in adding some perspective to your view.