Ask any detailer (heck, ask me!) and you'll quickly find that paint protection packages are held with the same regard on detailing forums as engine chips are regarded here. Paint protection is today's version of undercoating. It's a fancy polishing job that over-delivers on promise and over-charges on price while under delivering on performance. There is absolutely no product out there that can magically protect your paint from scratches, swirls, or clear coat failure other than basic maintenance and care for your paint. When I bought my Challenger, the finance guy tried to pitch a paint protection package to me. I mentioned that I detail and he immediately dropped the pitch!
When it comes to car care, if you wash your car once a month, you're already in the top 5% of all car owners WORLDWIDE. Seriously. Rather than give your dealer $800 for the most expensive polishing you will ever pay for, join a detailing forum and invest some of that money in a dual action polisher, some pads, and some product and you will have a better looking car than the day it rolled off the car carrier and into your dealer's lot.
I attached a few photos of my 2008 Accord that I posted on Craigslist when I sold it last summer after getting my Challenger. It had 67k miles and was 5 years old when I polished it for the last time the sale ads. The guy who bought it from me was a younger kid who had just joined the Navy and he brought his buddy with him to check the mechanicals. Both the buyer and his buddy believed I had photoshopped the pictures until they saw the car.
