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For months I’d planned every detail of my 40th birthday getaway to drive the Pacific Coast Highway, Seattle to LA with my oldest friend, including reserving a C6 Corvette convertible. To say I was disappointed when we arrived and all they had was a V6 Mustang is an understatement. But the next morning as we had just…