Gotta love the clear coat.

I painted a car 25 years ago in base with clear coat and it still looks great. I'm not sure why everyone has issues with painting other than they use cheap product or really didn't know what the hell they were doing, or they are just leaving the car sit outside year round.

And I think it needs to be pointed out that automotive "clear coat" isn't the **** made by Minwax you put on wood.
Not sure who's got issues with the paint job they dis, but the majority of us have clear coat jobs they bought into that are going south. Who knows who painted my example but I know the material or process was sub par as my 65 still had its stock paint on it and I could still put a reflective shine on the hood. Even the old 'new' cars off the lot were checking in 5 years, just bad water based "green" formulations.