If you do care about having a car that looks good, is easier to wash, gives off that oily shine, and you would like to reduce blemishes from debris, then PPF & ceramic coating are well worth it.
As for ceramic coating, I did it to make washing my car easier, and to hold that oily shine longer. There's no debate about it, ceramic coating last a lot longer than wax. If you feel like waxing your car often, then sure, don't get the coating just wax the car yourself. But it's hard to compare to ceramic coating that is thicker, semi-permanent, and has great hydrophobic properties. All of which allows you to keep the car looking good and shiny easier.
I’m fully wrapped (XPEL Ultimate) and love it. I had the sensors cutout just to avoid possible interference and I avoided the B-pillars. But no ceramic. Ceramic is just a hydrophobic coating. It repels water and looks nice in the rain. From the car shows, ppf and ppf with ceramic are very very hard to distinguish. PPF looks great, protects from salt, sand and crap from other vehicles tires that often hit my Model 3.
If you like water to bead, then put wax on top of the ppf. Meguiars makes a hybrid ceramic wax that is inexpensive and probably almost as functional as the ceramic pro coating. But the $600+ for ceramic was beyond my interest. The full ppf cost me $4k including door sills. But the electric car could last a long long time, so I think it was worth it.
Just sayin
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