As a general rule:
- if it isn’t a lease, protect the paint
- if you paid an upcharge for paint color, protect the paint
- any multi-process color (eg tri-coat white) is impossible to touch up
The only way I’d ever own black again is if it were a wrap, for all the reasons mentioned.
Maybe this was a touchless (I hope), and you checked the manufacture date. But just like an engine had a break-in period, new paint shouldn’t go through a car wash. Any any non-touchless wash has the potential to scratch the clear-coat, or paint, or both.
Lots of good discussion about cleaning here