Polishing Paint

If your car is a single stage metallic (it looks like it is a metallic.), if you cut and/or buff it, you could discolor and basically ruin your paint.

Correct, you could damage the metallics if the paint has been cut/buffed several times and
is almost exposing the flake or been sun baked. You definately DO Not want to wetsand single
stage metallic paint or its garbage,however most finishes in the recent years are clearcoated.
If OP has a clearcoat, hes got not too much to worry about.......