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It may have been said before, but you can guage how "clean" your new car paint is by firstly using a good de-iron product such as ironx or AF Iron Out etc as this really does show you what nasties are ingrained in the paint. I bought a new BMW a few years ago and had the £300 paint protection put on and was not impressed. I contacted Rich at Polished Bliss and he suggested I strip the finish off and start again. I as suggested and was amazed (I mean amazed) at the difference between the two finishes. The level of depth and shine when I had added the Blackfire product was simply stunning and it lasted for months. What really did show me how much crud was present was the Auto Finesse Iron out. I cleaned the car and clayed then sprayed half the car Including wheels with the AF iron out (Too many panels and my brake discs needed some TLC afterwards(should read instructions first)). The within 10 minutes I had a purple sludge all over the car especially on roof and wheels. I wish I had taken pictures. The amount of embedded **** was very obvious. I ended up de-ironing twice. The paint was like glass when I was done.
I think we may be a bit harsh on the dealers as the average owner buys the car that looks nice and it gets a clean with halfords wash and wipe once a week. It will still look the same but with few tar spots and bird poo stains in 4 years time. The wheels will be cleaned with soap and water and possibly some really nasty acidic solution. The dealer added protection will be ideal for them.
The other 1% (being ourselves) want more and will laugh at the option of a dealer applied paint protection.
I get what you mean and at the end of the day garages just want a "shiny" car leaving the garage, they pay someone £5 an hour to do do as many cars in that hour as they can. I can spend anywhere from 1-2 days fully correcting my paint. Garages just don't have the resources to do this. I'm a bit of an OCD clean freak when it comes to my car, my car didn't come perfect from Audi but unless you ask them not to even lay a finger on it, then it probably won't. If the car was caked in swirls then that'd be a different story and I'd have to say something aha