$55k GT-Rs aren't scary. The people who are scared of them are the reason they cost $55k. Every forum horror story about the GR6 dual-clutch and scary dealer service bills got priced into these cars, and now Godzilla sells for hot-hatch-plus money. You're buying a discount on fear, not a worn-out car. The 3.8L twin-turbo VR38 is the part that was built to take abuse. The real risks live in the maintenance history, and a CONSULT scan before cash changes hands tells you more than any walkaround ever will. Budget the known items once and it drives like the supercar-killer it was sold as. Here's where the room splits. One camp says buy the 80K-mile car with a thick folder, because miles on an R35 mean someone actually drove it and paid to keep it right. The other camp says spend the extra on a low-mile garage car and start fresh. Then there's the power question. Stay around the 600whp line and keep the factory drivetrain happy, or go past it knowing the transmission budget is coming? So w...