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I'm not sure I follow the issue, but I would suggest bookmarking the Corvette Forum website and only entering your password on this site. Using Google to search for forums and entering in your password (and presumably your user name) is a recipe for your personal information to get stolen or account to get hacked if you're not entering in your user name and password for the correct site. This should apply to all online sites.
I'll tell you what, if someone who seems pretty knowledgeable about such things tells me not to run out in the middle of Main St. during rush hour, I'm probably going to listen to him instead of telling him I want to stand out there to watch the traffic.