Good to see a fellow spreadsheet nut. I do the same thing. I check a bunch of sites and add in shipping and make sure I'm getting a square deal. Sometimes though, you just need to "do it".
It's good to have some different levels of polish in your arsenal. Being a new car I would think that you really only need a fine compound for now. Poorboys and Clearkote should work fine together.
When polishing you want to use the least agressive polish and pad to do the job. Sometimes all it takes is a pad change and the same polish and it will get more aggressive.
I use an orange ExcelDetail pad and some 106FF and can get a ton of spiderwebbing and swirls out of my Lexus.