Hey Man, I know you are not attacking me .
I know what you are talking about. I used the Chevron for the first time, I just finished last week. It just happened to come out as one of the best spray can paint jobs I have ever seen, maybe next time it will do for me just what it did for you.
I have seen lustercote jobs and would never buy that stuff, so I tried this and it worked. My experience with 21st century paint was the same as yours with chevron.

If there were more colors in the automotive stores (without getting it mixed) I would use it. I have used Plasti-cote (SP) for painting trim on monokote and it was great,really smooth and tight finish.