Advice needed! New Car/Winter

definately get some wax on now to protect it from the winter weather. id suggest collinite476 as it last for months and thats vital cause you never know when ur gonna get another chance to apply another layer!!

Treat it right, right from the start - winter is the harshest season on your car, due to the road salt and constant dampness. On Phantom Black, for great looks and great protection against the elements, I'd seriously look at our Jeffs Werkstatt Acrylic range; it's an acrylic polymer-based system that is easy to use and delivers great results. See this thread for more details on our Werkstatt for Winter offer and advice...

http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/showthread.php?t=45454

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Ideally a full machine polish, which you could do yourself if you invested in a decent dual action polishing machine, but they don't come cheap. You could firstly try by hand using Menzerna Intensive Polish (applied using the white side of a German pad), and only consider the machine option as a last resort. The good news is that Ford paint is typically a bit softer than Audi paint, so can be corrected to a fair standard by hand. Just make sure you allow a full day for the work and eat plenty of cake!

PS - I forgot to mention the stonechips - if they are really small and there are lots of them, the only way to really improve the situation to a high standard will be to get the panel resprayed. However, if there are only a few, then a simple touching in routine with an artists brush and touch up paint followed by polishing should be enough to significantly improve things without going down the whole wetsanding route, for which you'd need a machine.