Need Help Choosing A Car

i am a first time buyer and not really into cars, not into racing
and im looking for a car for about 1000$- 1200$ need a car to just get me places and will not break down.
right now im looking at the
honda civic hatch back honda civic LX 1988
Acura Vigour 92
any other suggestions would be nice
one more question
wat does mileage do?? like im looking for a used car and it shows like 100,000km what does that have to do with the car? (yes i know it shows how far the car was traveling) sorry dont really know about cars