Er ... fast but otherwise kinda conservative-ish 90% of the time, plenty of following distance, not as many lane changes in traffic as when I was 19. Thing is, the Honda was responsive and felt sure-footed -- doing a*mumble*and*mumble* MPH through the hilly parts of the PA Turnpike, the only things I worried about were the placement of other cars and the potential of radar, not how the Honda handled. If I had wiped out or hit something at that speed, well I'm not sure I'd count on any car to save my ass unless it were built for F1, NASCAR, or IRL.
(I also don't recall the Honda having the annoying 0,4 second lag between what I do to the gas pedal and when the engine changes speed (or the additional tenth of a second or so before the transmission catches up to the engine), that I've noticed in the rented Dodge Caliber that I swapped the Ford Fusion for.)
So in this context, "safe" means "able to handle responsively at highway speeds and not go sliding away from the first serious exit ramp or spontaneously fling one of its wheels off."
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(I also don't recall the Honda having the annoying 0,4 second lag between what I do to the gas pedal and when the engine changes speed (or the additional tenth of a second or so before the transmission catches up to the engine), that I've noticed in the rented Dodge Caliber that I swapped the Ford Fusion for.)
So in this context, "safe" means "able to handle responsively at highway speeds and not go sliding away from the first serious exit ramp or spontaneously fling one of its wheels off."