Can I throw away the Potted Piranha Plant?

Often times I'll be racing and the game will give me the Piranha Plant. This item seems to be a timed item which will be used up after a certain number of seconds. I often want to ditch the item before the next series of ? boxes. Is there a way of doing so?

Is there any way to drop the Piranha Plant in Mario-Kart 8 (even if you must do so before using the item)?


Solution 1:

No, sadly. The only way to get rid of it would be to be hit by an attack that makes you drop items, like Lightning.