PPF Lessons learned

[violuma]

I note that you're also in California. If I had this to do over, I would have ordered different weather for the first few months of Taycan ownership.

But I am very happy every time I come home after driving through 60MPH wind gusts driving diagonal rain and forest debris at me, seeing the car look like I just went off-road through a gauntlet of bramble and bushes, hose it down briefly and then "pet" it with a couple of caps of some magic detergent and a fluffy mitt and it looks like none of that ever happened.

I realize that particular aspect is the ceramic more than the underlying PPF, but the main point I want to make is that having the paint protection makes me enjoy driving the car more because I am not worrying in the back of my mind whether I should have left it safely in the garage today.

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[Teufel Hund]

I think you are correct as the first owner. My point is that (2) 5-8 year old Taycans sitting next to each other on a used car lot will essentially garner the same money. Regardless if one had rock chips that were repaired and the other had PPF. It is very unlikely to ever seen a benefit on the PPF expense…whether its the initial cost or subsequent panel replacements.

Of course, I say all of this as a guy with full PPF that happily flushed the money down the toilet because it simply makes me feel better to have it.

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[Fall7St8nd]

Full car PPF (and ceramic coating) here... and well worth it to me. It's been incredibly easy to wash, even after my first Northeast US winter. I also noticed someone dragged something across the top of my trunk (perhaps someone tried to key my car?)... with the scratch coming right out after some heat. Definitely recommend full PPF if you want to keep it looking as good as the first day.

 

[whitex]

We had a storm in the UK a couple of weeks ago. Looks a piece of foil backed insulation foam flying through the air did the damage. Car only has PPF to the front end. Bit annoyed I didn't do the whole car as it could've saved needing a repray on those parts.

Perhaps a hardened car cover for while parked would work better. That last gauge would probably not have been saved by ppf.

 

[gnop1950]

PPF makes as much financial sense as buying a Taycan. But then a meal in a Michelin starred restaurant makes no financial sense when it comes to how you put calories in your body, however, I still eat in them from time to time.

100% This adding PPF to the front made me feel better. Plus I think it has already saved me from a couple of dings from flying debris.

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