Agree completely here, chances are whatever you buy, as soon as you have some more driving experience and better income, you’ll be getting rid of it anyway. So aim for cheap and reliable stash the extra money for maintenance/unexpected shit and drive worry free. In a few years when its time to move on you’ll be glad you didn’t waste a bunch of time/money on some budget go-fast dump.
Older cheap/clean honda may not be a bad idea, good luck finding something and welcome to the shift-show.