Is there some law of nature with new cars?

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It's more like a Murphy's Law, kind a, sort a. You get a new car, well not brand new, but it's new to you, you know what I'm saying? The law states that: "If you drive a car that is new or one you just got, even if it is not new, it's new to you, well, you will get a scratch, a dent or something within the first month. It's like there's no way to avoid it." Now that said, We avoided being in a T-bone collision about two weeks ago, when two racing trucks barreled through a red light and we began to cross, not seeing them through the cars at our left. They slammed on their brakes, as we began driving at the green light. You know it was a very very close call! Well, Murphy was hanging around like some kind of grey cloud of doom all month. Either it was raining cats and dogs and streets were getting flooded or all hail broke lose when mother nature's fury took over with a vengeance. We postponed appointments more than once to avoid being out in a storm. Then finally, a day of fair weather came and we took advantage of it. Along we were driving when I noticed, "We're in the wrong lane to turn right. This is a Left Turn Only Lane." My wife signals right and begins to move into the right lane when out of the blue, this other car swoops beside us and we stop on a dime as their front fender barely touches our front fender. They can have it. I don't care. They moved on and we were able to squeeze into that right lane! But I thought we did not make contact. Thought wrong. The next day, I went out to wipe the car of insects, tree pollen and other things the weather brought as I always do, to keep the paint on the car free of bird droppings and all that. Looking as I went around to the car's right passenger side at the right fender around the right front tire and noticed paint that got on it from the passing vehicle. It was removed easily by using a simple wet shop cloth. But, once I wiped it clean, there was a minor scuff mark that would not go away. Bingo! Okay, it finally happened. Not within the first month but during the third month since we got that car. It was given to us due to our late 95 Cadillac is toast and good only as a stunt car in some action film where they usually blow them up or run them off a cliff! I should consider selling it to MGM studio for that reason. The Ford is a 2010 and very nice. I was so proud to keep it clean and polished every day, keeping all the falling debris from nature off it. But I had a feeling that within a few weeks or months of us having this new car, something like this would happen. It's not like I can't get it taken care of eventually, at some paint and body shop. Or just use one of those paint pens they sell based on the year, make and model from an AutoZone. I looked into getting some 3M rubbing compound, scratch remover and clay bar to try to buff it away by myself. It's like that. You have this nice car you love and in a perfect world, it would be great, but we live in the Real World! It is full of maniac drivers, bird droppings, and should I really expect anything different? So, I guess you can say our car is officially broken in.