Devo, you overstate the negatives. The Vette isnt as bad as you wish to believe. Ive seen plenty of orange peel paint and tacky VW bottom drawer switch gear on Porsches also.

Corvettes are reliable and really not that bad for a 45K sportscar that has another 25K in special engine, brakes, wheels, chassis and other systems.

Is it as refined as 997? No. Is it quicker, faster? Yes.

Get both if you can, and for the price of one 997TT you could, at least in the US anyway.