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How does decade-old paintwork hold out?
I'm about to take delivery of a new Golf mkVII. My present Golf mkIV is 11 years old. I bought it when it was 12 months old, and don't know whether it had paint protection before I bought it (it did have window tinting, so it's a possibility).
In the 10 years I've had the car I've had it polished 2 or 3 times - not that it ever looked like it needed it, but as a precautionary measure. It's at least 4 years since its last polish, and it sits in my driveway (no cover, apart from 2-storey buildings on each side of the 2.7m-wide drive, therefore sun only for a couple of hours in the middle of the day).
I've never thought that it may have paint protection, but it's still very shiny. It's had a few scratches (presumably pedestrians rubbing up against it in car parks), and they have failed to come out when I've had the car polished. Frankly I'm wondering whether I should have treated the paint differently if I'd known it was (presumably) paint protected. Perhaps there's another method for dealing with scratches on protected paintwork?
If the paintwork looks this good after 11 years, I'm very, very pleased. But is my old car likely to be standard 2003 VW paintwork, or has it been protected? The original dealer hasn't kept records that long. Obviously my new car dealer is going to tell me to get paint protection, so I don't trust them.
I'm about to take delivery of a new Golf mkVII. My present Golf mkIV is 11 years old. I bought it when it was 12 months old, and don't know whether it had paint protection before I bought it (it did have window tinting, so it's a possibility).
In the 10 years I've had the car I've had it polished 2 or 3 times - not that it ever looked like it needed it, but as a precautionary measure. It's at least 4 years since its last polish, and it sits in my driveway (no cover, apart from 2-storey buildings on each side of the 2.7m-wide drive, therefore sun only for a couple of hours in the middle of the day).
I've never thought that it may have paint protection, but it's still very shiny. It's had a few scratches (presumably pedestrians rubbing up against it in car parks), and they have failed to come out when I've had the car polished. Frankly I'm wondering whether I should have treated the paint differently if I'd known it was (presumably) paint protected. Perhaps there's another method for dealing with scratches on protected paintwork?
If the paintwork looks this good after 11 years, I'm very, very pleased. But is my old car likely to be standard 2003 VW paintwork, or has it been protected? The original dealer hasn't kept records that long. Obviously my new car dealer is going to tell me to get paint protection, so I don't trust them.
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