I like the "patina" (mine's rustier than "patina", it's getting rough) on my running/driving truck better than the alternative of my truck being torn down in somebody's body shop for right now, but it will eventually get painted up nice. IMO, faux patina is rarely done well enough to be convincing, and seems like a massive waste of time versus just painting the thing. A survivor paint job with a light patina is nice, but I think the word is used too often on things that are aged and deteriorated beyond what "patina" originally meant.
