quick and cheap around Los Angeles but still able to handle long highway jaunts

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My wife and I, both in our 60s, have been driving around Los Angeles in a 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis that's banged up and runs okay but is in the process of falling apart, so we need a replacement - luckily, there's a lot to look at in LA, but the essential question I have is: Out of all the cars in the Honda-Toyota-Nissan sphere of dependable models which is likely to be the really, really comfortable on trips up the coast to San Francisco and Seattle for my wife who has a bad back?

There are other cars outside the triumvirate listed above that I have driven and liked, and that pop up now and then, like the Tiburon and the Infinit G20. Otherwise, my experience with reliable, dependable cars is sort of undifferentiated. I like Focuses a lot but, I once drove a 2.3L PZEV 2004 model that flew! -But not my wife. Lots of Europeans come up but those can be a bottmless pit; even a dedicated Mercedes flipper who told me that they are ridiculously easy to work on admitted that they needing fixing a lot and that parts could be expensive.

Also, one additional element: I am a classical music reviewer so a quiet cabin would be nice.

Thanks for any

Preferred Bodystyle(s): Coupe / Sedan

Need minimum of 4 seats

Will consider both new and used cars
Maximum mileage: 90000
Maximum age: 10 years

Maximum price: US $ 6500

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