Acid Rain?

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The Boxster was in the rain on Friday and I have never seen this issue (including with the other 2 vehicles in my driveway). I came out this morning and my red boxster was a bit white all over. I washed it, tried to use cleaner waxes in vain. It does not want to come out. The surface is very smooth and it was last waxed 1.5 months ago. I thought the wax would protect from this sort of thing, but apparently not. I have never waxed my other two vehicles (DDs) and neither the BMW or Jeep have the problem. Both of my DDs are never garaged and have been in the elements every day for 6 or 11 years depending on the vehicle. The Porsche paint job looked like it was still a relatively new car until Friday. I normally put a car cover on it, but the car was already wet from being in a heavy downpour. I didn't think it would be that big of a deal for 1 day since I was needing to work in the garage.

Has anyone experienced this with the boxster? The solution I've seen is to wet sand it and redo clearcoat. I tried another solution with Meguiars scratchx 2 and it did nothing for it. I saw the Meguiar Professional Series and thought about going with the strongest cleaner, but not sure if it's worth the $35 at this point.

The boxster looks like it has leprosy...

It is all over the car, but mainly on the top surfaces (rear deck, hood, tops of front quarter panels)

I've only seen one semi-related thread on here about repainting the whole car, but that is something I'm definitely trying to avoid. I have comprehensive coverage, but I don't know if acid rain is covered. I'd have to go research that if I have to do a full repaint which will basically total the car under my insurance.