Red cars do that - apparently because they - in order to be red - must absorb all the shorter wavelengths, which causes the damage - absorption of energy.
Oh well.
A repaint in my local area is eyewateringly expensive; +3000 euros... However, a thing called
Plasti-dip can be applied as a new outer layer. DIY - and it being opaque, means you can have your colour of choice.
Just an idea.
25.000 miles in a decade - that's 2.500 miles/year. Not a lot. Now at 55k miles. Wow; almost new.
For comparison, my ten year younger 2011 Panda has 155k miles on it. 11k miles/year.
Odd thing I've discovered; around here, small cars do big mileage. Big cars don't. Kinda silly, as one would assume travelers bought bigger, more comfortable and capable cars. I mean, highway commute in a Panda is no fun! But no - it's near-impossible to get hold of low mileage small cars.
Regarding your "Closest thing to a Ferrari..." motto: Think outside the box. I have a suggestion for you to look into. It may not be a car, but it surely ticks all the fun-factor-boxes; a big motorbike, specifically this: I own a Honda Blackbird and I'm here to tell you that 164 bhp in a 230kg chassis at nearly no cost is a basement bargain you won't regret. It's japanese quality from the world's largest manufacturer, from their
golden era. The Blackbird is
cult and it's not expensive - what's not to like? Oh - one warning; it's one of those vehicles that has no ABS, no airbags, no six-axis-gyros, no wheelie/stoppie-control, no nothing. It's a motor on two wheels. A very
comfortable and
fast motor on two wheels I might add. It'll even do the café-routine, turning heads and looking impressive the
autobahn-missile way, adding a 5-layer metallic paintjob (aka 'custom') to the mix.
Actually, why not forget the pompous guys from Modena/Maranello? Do your own thing.
