SoCal,
You did not defect, you just chose another well travled road. As a previous multi-Corvette owner having the privilege of meeting Larry Shinoda and Zora Duntov, take no shame in owning what America has what is best to offer for the price. To this day I have a Corvette website here that may be somewhat dated but is still useful to a few.
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