Just Bought a New Car? Here’s What to Do First
Decline the paint protection add-on at the finance desk, inspect the paint in daylight before you sign, avoid automatic washes, and book protection within the first month. A new car is the cheapest car you will ever protect, because the expensive part of the job is correcting damage that has already happened and a new car has almost none. New does not mean flawless though, since the pre-delivery wash is a common source of fine swirl marks. This guide gives you the inspection method, a thirty day timeline, and what to spend on first when the budget is limited.
What New Car Protection Packages Include and Why They Matter
Package is a word that hides a lot. Two quotes at the same price can contain very different amounts of work, and the difference is almost always preparation rather than products. This guide breaks a new car protection package into its line items and shows which ones get quietly skipped. The coating itself is $995, $1,395 or $1,795 depending on the product, carrying 8, 9 and 10 year warranties, with paint correction quoted separately from $100 for the first hour. You also get six questions that tell you what you are really buying before you accept a quote.