The long-term single owner of the 1995 Audi S6 Avant I bought in September is a well-maintained car. I received a stack of paperwork from the shop that looked after the Audi indicating as such. But like most "special" cars owned by someone who wasn't an enthusiast, the cosmetics clearly weren't a priority. It didn't help that the S6 was basically an "island car," which means it sat for months at a time outside.
The paint was just bad. Dead. No shine. And a ton of swirl marks, because I'm guessing when it made the annual trip to Manhattan (where the owner lived when not on the Vineyard), it was taken to some God-awful brush-style car wash that roughed up the dead paint even further.
I use Griot's Garage products for dealing purposes, mainly because they are easy to use and allow you to build a system pretty efficiently. I also finally got adventurous with the different orbital buffer pads, using the orange correcting pad for the first time in tandem with Griot's "Complete Compound." The result? The paint is much improved. There's still a ton of swirls - those will likely always be there - but the S6 now looks far more presentable, and as you can see here, the paint still pops nicely from 10 feet away.