did I overpay for this car?

97 honda accord ex 5psd vtec, 97k original miles, I paid $3,500 and drove it home 8hrs in a snow storm no issue. I only had about $5,000 for a car, it's scheduled to go in to have all the belts replaced, waterpump etc at the end of this month for right around $1k. Someone said I overpaid by $ 2,500 and could have easily found a way better car for $5k and I shouldn't put another 1k into it. I already had snow tires for it and summers. I jacked it up before I bought it and there's no rust, it came out of new mexico a couple years back. Cons are the paint sucks, it's almost 30yrs old and needs belts done. Saw another post for a honda with 36k for $3,500, so did I overpay? Thoughts? in idaho