Would buying this Honda accord be a good, smart purchase or look for something else?

That's a pretty impressive price for a car with more than 200K miles on it. It would have to be in excellent condition to be worth that much, and that is unlikely.

I do not recommend the 2008 Accord. Honda got wild and crazy with the brake proportioning for the 2008 model year and ended up making the rear brakes wear like crazy. Many people were replacing their rear brakes when they got their oil changed... no fooling. Carcomplaints.com ranks the 2008 Accord "Avoid like the plague."

213K but the alignment and suspension is perfect? Seriously? Although it is possible this vehicle was maintained perfectly, driven gingerly and will go another 100k but its a crap shoot. Now we take a kid who works in the food service industry and knows jack about nothing, wants to impress his little friends and do a few burnouts while showing them the Red Line, Next thing you know we have a million questions about why it broke down like his 2002 Ford Ranger did,