I do open up my car on the back roads and I enjoy it
One thing I always remember is, there is no such thing as safe conditions,
One phrase to remember/use is RISK ASSESSMENT, Although this wont garantee your saftey either, only make you more aware of the dangers ahead and the likley hood of somthing going wrong pertaining to the speeds on which decide to travel. Have you done your RISK ASSESSMENT latley? it migh slow you down a bit on certain streches of roads. Its bad if you take your self out, but if you take somone else out, then no words can really describe that.