Don’t buy a Subaru if you want to avoid oil related issues

Fix the accord. Probably the brake lines rusted out at that age. You won’t find anything good for $5k. Spend the money and it will last another 5-10 yrs

Looks like 1998-2004 are still cable operated throttle. Likely the cable is stuck.

If it really is at full throttle, modern fuel injection cars have a “clear flood” mode which will close the injectors (and thus the car won’t start) when WOT (full throttle)

I notice immediately when I’m in a car with hard plastics. They reflect more and when I need to touch them they don’t feel nice.