Buying Safe, Reliable Mid-Sized Sedan For Us--Suggestions?

<p>I absolutely agree on tech causing problems and like simpler cars but there are no simpler cars today and a lot of the features are nice. The dual-sliding doors are minivans are an engineering marvel but what if they break? Climate-control systems are convenient but they have small moving parts that will eventually wear out. You can have some incredible engineering designs which give you great feeling for the road but how maintainable is the design? Is it easy to perform routine maintenance and the maintenance on things down the road? Does it have a timing chain instead of a timing belt?</p>