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Five years ago you couldn't touch a clean R35 under 75k without it having a rebuilt title and a story you didn't want to hear. Now there are dozens sitting on lots and forums at 55, some even lower, and most people are walking right past them like they're browsing clearance racks. Here's what actually happened. The first wave of owners — the guys who bought them new in '09-'12 — are aging out. Kids, mortgages, the usual. Second and third owners beat on them for a few years, got scared by the transmission service quotes, and dumped them. So now you've got a pile of 60-80k mile examples flooding the market at the same time, and supply is doing exactly what supply does. The maintenance reputation is what keeps the price soft. People hear "$20k transmission rebuild" and close the tab. And yeah, if you buy one that's been launched 400 times on a stock trans with no service history, you earned that bill. But a maintained R35 with documented fluid changes is a different animal entirely. The...

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