When you buy a new car

G'day Dave. My neighbor worked for a dealer previously. When I bought my Adventra I asked him about the paint protection. He said it is one of the biggest ripoffs in the car sales business. In fact he said that selling paint and upholstery protection was a bit of a competition between the sales guys to see who could get the most for it. Needless to say, I didn't get it. He also said that he could get me a tube of the paint cream for $40. Enough to do my wagon and my boat.

Hi Dave
Personally I wouldn't bother, I had it done once on a new car and they did more harm than good as they buffed the paint before applying the paint protection and it ended up you could see the swirl marks from the buff.
You are better off buying some decent polish, such as Mothers or Maquires and doing yourself.
Chris

Its a bit of a misleading description really as paint protection conjours up some thoughts of it putting a hard coating or something on it.
It is as someone suggested a Teflon type coating which is just a polish. The same result and protection can be had by using a good quality polish like Meguiar's from when you get the car.

If they came out with a protection that stops bird bleep eating into the paintwork then that would be worth it.

the car dealerships use this sales pitch as a way to get some profit back into the car. We tend to shop around to get the best price on the car and screw everyone and then when we sign up we let our guard down and sign up for full retail on all the extras.

You can't blame the dealers because they have to make some money. A few years ago the only money made was on the accessories and finance and insurance etc because of the competitive nature of the market.

Hahaha , incredible isn't it, they gave me a list of "optional" extras too which came out at nearly 2 grand more, its mentally taxing on the old brain cells when all you want to do is go home, I'd love window tints but there is a budget we're not loaded but we can afford this much,
glad you got a result Louie,
hoping they try that one with me LOL..............

When we Purchased the Nissan Patrol recently, they put the same
question to us, about the Paint Protection, I said to them, it's bad
enough that you want to charge us extra for the Metalic Paint, now
you want us to get Paint Protection too, isn't the Paint Job any good
I thought it was covered in the Warranty,

We have had several New Vehicles over the years, and have never had it done.


Cheers
Daza

Dave.
Have worked in the motor industry for years.
Save your money & invest in a good polish.
Vince

Not long bought a new vehicle myself.

The salesperson was my sons brother-in-law. His recommendation!

Don't waste your money. Use a good quality car polish every couple of months.

Ian

As I thought but needed your advice, thank you guys great input,great site,great people,
much appreciated,
Dave

I dunno, I never believed in the paint protection racket, advised daughter against it when she bought new. Then I bought a SH Navara STR which had Wynns paint protection applied by previous owner. Its bluddy magic. Wash the car once a year if it needs it and water just beads like it was just waxed!! Or just go for a drive in the rain (we still get it down here in SW Vic) and it is all clean again !! Bird sht just dissapears with the rain too. Hard to understand I know, but I assure you this Wynns stuff works ! Not allowed to use any thing that contains wax or polish or use a car wash or the 10 year warranty is voided. No afilliation etc., just an amazed owner of a car that has been treated. I know all the sceptics out there are gonna have a laugh at this but thats their loss, I assure you.

Ian

Dave,also dont get sucked in to having them do the services,only the first is conpulsry.the difference for me on a 25000 klm service on a Suberoo was nearly $ 500 . Guess who got the job.they only need to be licened to meet warrenty