I have an early car that had all the tsb and recalls issues. After 12,000 very hard miles, the car has performed flawlessly. The engine behaves even better now (after the break-in). The clutch is still fine, brakes very little wear. Absolutely no issues at all. The recalls and tsb's are really meaningless (they had problems, then they fixed them...so what?). They might devalue the car slightly, but if you're going to keep the car it shouldn't matter. The nice thing about the recalls is that at least Ford does recalls...I know Ferrari and Lambo owners who's speedometers read 5% to 7% and they won't even fix them.
The paint is not exotic car quality, but it's reasonably close. The body panels do have a few inperfections (especially when materials were attached to the underside too snugly, etc.)
If the question is: which exotic is best to buy, considering maintenance, the GT is the obvious choice. If you want bang for the buck (non-exotic), driving experience for the buck, then buy a Boxster S, Viper or a Z06. If you want shock value, exclusivity, and thumbs up from 15 years olds through 70 year olds, then it's the GT.
Maintenance is high on Ferrari and Lambo, plus any most areas you'll have to flat-bed them somewhere. Obviously I'd love to have a Ferrari and a Lambo, but given one choice for a car that I plan to drive it has to be a GT. Not to mention resale value...I think there is a chance GT values will go up later, whereas you know for certain the others will go down.
I paid about 100k more than I should have for mine but I am still very happy with it. It really is an impressive car. The only cars that get as much attention on the road I think would be a McLaren, Saleen S7 or an Enzo. And those are $400k to $1 million.
Ferraris and Lambo are awesome and they have some things to offer that the GT doesn't, but overall if you want a car that grabs attention, is easy to drive and maintain, and performs well then the GT is a good choice.