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Originally Posted by johnbt
"Paint seems to be thinner these days as well."
I'm 68 and started driving in 1965 - legally anyway. The paint is definitely thinner and doesn't seem to stick to the metal as well as it used to.
It costs the manufacturer less for the product and for the application, and it reduces the weight of the car and every little bit helps when you have to meet mpg regs. Think about the weight of a quart of good metalflake paint. A pound here a pound there.
Or maybe they're just cheap clowns. 
My wife's 2016 Avalon Touring is taking a beating too. |
It's mostly for environmental reasons. Paints need to be more "eco friendly" through out the entire life cycle of being applied, when they're actually on the vehicle, and as they degrade and the vehicle returns to the earth. Can't have toxic materials either directly from the paint or the application process going into the environment.
Modern cars are in every way better, more powerful, more reliable, and safer than old cars, so it'd make sense that the paint would be better if not for a legislative/environmental one.
