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I think you hit the nail on the head with the "Corvette enthusiasts" remark. I can certainly understand that at some point when the early adopters (the enthusiasts) who have been waiting and waiting finally get their cars, and the dealers all have as many in inventory as they need, then the process shifts to just building cars for dealer inventory, and nobody really cares if it's a few days or a few weeks at that point (it's more about GM shaving a few pennies).
But I've been waiting 6 months for my car (I bought one of the few remaining allocations in my state in June). I consider myself an enthusiast and a relatively early adopter. Adding three weeks by making a change like this right now is kind of a kick in the balls, in my opinion.
Maybe if I was buying a Chevy Cruze I wouldn't mind. But dropping almost $70k on a new Corvette, I expect better. I bought a custom order Audi S5 a couple of years ago and it didn't take this long to get here from the time they shipped it FROM GERMANY (I think it was 16 days, and that was going across the Atlantic on a ship, then trucked from Texas).
Also, it's not just that it takes a crazy amount of time, it's also completely unpredictable. My dealer has been checking in every day and literally has no indication of when it might show up.
I'm sure I'll love the car so much after I get it that I'll stop whining about this.
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