Since I don't buy a car very often, my opinions about Honda of Oakland come from my experience at other dealerships. Here is the backstory. A few weekends ago I went to Honda of Serramonte. Once I tracked down an employee, he reluctantly allowed me and my husband to test drive a car. We were very interested in the Honda Fit, specifically the manual transmission. When he finally got the key to the car, he told us we couldn't test drive it because there wasn't enough gas in it. And if we really wanted to drive it, he'd have to take it across the street to the gas station "it will take at least 20 minutes." I suggested we drive another car while someone else on the team put some gas in the car. He declined. So we test drove an automatic transmission. Unfortunately, the salesperson/dealership have a set route for test drives. This route forbids freeway driving, and there is no opportunity to drive faster than 45 mph. Not an authentic test drive, I don't think. The following weekend, we went to Honda of Oakland. They had the car in stock (just as Serramonte did). I don't know if there was any hassle with putting gas in the car because the salesman didn't complain about it to me. He just brought the car around. As for the test drive itself, the salemsan suggested a route that took us on city streets and the freeway. I felt like I got to fully experience the car.
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