Well, I have had my GTO for 2 1/2 weeks and in that time I have had it to the dealership twice to get some surface scratches polished out of the paint. They were like 3" diameter areas of very faint, short scratches. The dealership was very professional and polished them for no cost. Well, yesterday I was washing the car and noticed more scrathes like this as well as a long shallow scratch across the trunk lid near the back window, one on the trunk under the spoiler, another across the side of the spoiler, and yet another across the gas cap. There was a clump of scratches (much like the ones I had taken care of by the dealer) on the roof, but this time there was even a small scratch in the rear window underneath these other scratches. I took it to the dealer to find out what was going on and they asked if I had taken it to an automatic car wash, which I haven't, I only hand wash using the Mr. Clean Auto-Dry filtration system car wash. So the only thing that touches the car is a soft wash mitt
My questions are... what is going on here?
Is the paint on the GTO that soft that dirt particles are scratching the surface?
If I get the car professionally polished and waxed, will this take care of these minor scrathes?
Is it possible that these scratches were already there before I bought the car, the dealer polished them out and from washing it the scratches came to the surface again?
I have to admit that the wash mitt I was using was a little old (like 3 months) but not filthy by any means. I did hand wash the mitt before using it.
My questions are... what is going on here?
Is the paint on the GTO that soft that dirt particles are scratching the surface?
If I get the car professionally polished and waxed, will this take care of these minor scrathes?
Is it possible that these scratches were already there before I bought the car, the dealer polished them out and from washing it the scratches came to the surface again?
I have to admit that the wash mitt I was using was a little old (like 3 months) but not filthy by any means. I did hand wash the mitt before using it.