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Originally Posted by extrashaky
Exposure to UV fades paint over time. UV protection in modern paint jobs makes it less of a problem than it used to be, but once upon a time you would have a car for ten years, then an emblem would fall off, and the paint underneath it would be darker than the paint that had been exposed to the sun.
A single year of sun on modern paint shouldn't make any difference, though. But then again, considering how shitty the paint is on these cars...
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Once upon a time you could have a car 2 or 3 years and the paint could fade so bad it was a totally different colour. That is if it didn't peal right off (silver and grey were horrible for that), bubble up, or just simply rust away in under 5 years. Back then cars were meant to be kept 4 or 5 years then thrown away and get a new one. When I hear people say "they sure don't make them like they used too" about the cars from the 60s to the 80s I always think "no they don't thank god"!