As with you, I am also from Wisconsin. For 8,000$ and for only having 88,000 miles on the car I think you paid a fair price. Hopefully there is nothing wrong with the transmission or under body. For some perspective, I paid 14,000$ for my red 2008 3.8L Base GP that had 69,000 miles on it last October. It currently has 82,000 miles on it. There are a ton of things you can do to these cars. Just look around and you will become hooked.