Phantom black, 23,000 miles in 16 months and always a minimum 3 second gap on motorways.
Never had a car that scratches just by looking at it. Stone chips??? I think some of mine are caused by hard noses Leeds bluebottles and moths!!
I have had black BMWs with 80,000 and fewer chips and scratches and the same with Audi in black and Vauxhall in flame red. I had 3 silver Avensis that I could wash with a brillo and not scuff up like mine.
I touch mine in every week and polish every wash, two buckets plus snow foam.....
I think I can even cause a deep scratch with just a finger nail, let alone anything hard.
A single twig on a bush on the Leeds ring road ended up needing a 4 panel mechanical polish and I can still see it at certain angles.
I have no idea how bad it will be before I actually own it outright.