Advice to give son buying car for the first time

We have a used 2009 Honda Accord that we were gifted. It’s very uncomfortable and our mechanic and body shop guy both believe it was in an undisclosed accident before it was purchased from Hertz. The seats are horribly uncomfortable and it feels like a tin box on wheels. We had to wait a very long time before we could get the airbag part replace on the passenger side of the vehicle. The header is falling in. Mechanically, we haven’t had to fix much but the paint started failing shortly after we received the vehicle in around 2014.

By contrast, we have a 2000 Toyota Sienna van that still drives well and is comfortable. The header is still good and it has been a good car from when we purchased it new, even though it has 80,000 more miles on it than the Accord. The paint is still in pretty good shape. As I type this, I’m thinking our next car will be a Toyota.