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Originally Posted by camaropete
I notice that the later model cars you mentioned above (the 2000 Camaro and the 2007 Infiniti) are both what I would consider on the lighter side of the spectrum as compared with your 2010 ABM Camaro. I can definitely understand how you would notice more paint chips on your Camaro than on the lighter colored later model cars.
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I understand where you're coming from with what you're saying, but I will say that my G35 was not a lighter color than my ABM Camaro. The tires on the S model of the G35 are also not
that different than those on my Camaro. But anyway, this is Lakeshore Slate:
(Not my car.)
For the record, my parents (who put more miles on their cars than I do) also haven't had this problem. Maybe it's because the cars are more expensive, but my mom's red 2006 330i convertible had no chips (and she drove the car to and from a barn in the middle of nowhere), her current dark grey 2009 335i has no chips (and she's driven back and forth between SC and NC), and my dad's 2008 dark grey Porsche 911 has no chips (and the car has as many miles, if not more, than my Camaro does).
I'm no stranger to physics (it was almost my major in college), so I don't have a huge problem with chalking this up to the design of the car. However, I would have liked to have been warned about this and/or offered some sort of protection when I bought the car. And I still don't find it unreasonable to ask that a new car (or a year old car) looks new after a few months of normal city driving and being parked carefully. Yes, my car is a year old, but I noticed the first chips after 2-3 months of driving it.
We'll just see what happens when I talk to the dealership about it.