If any of you have been shopping for a vehicle in the past month or year you may know of this new dealership tactic… near as I can tell a dealership will absorb a trade-in some night (to close a deal) then, as soon as the sun comes up, the vehicle’s posted on the web for sale. The trade-in hasn’t been safety inspected, detailed, or SMOG’d yet the dealership’s advertising this vehicle for sale. In most cases I wasn’t allowed to road-test the vehicle, and in some cases, inspect the vehicle. Yet, they want to talk terms and conditions right away… that’s CRAZY! I’m here to tell you that California Auto Sales (in Auburn) isn’t that kind of place. My wife and I had appointments scheduled to view cars one Saturday morning. Mind you, we could only schedule appointments for viewing not test-driving (because I’d been searching for a rare breed of Honda truck). But, we decided to drive up to Auburn to take a look at a unit just posted on the web at California Auto Sales. Without appointment, without notification we showed up and were greeted by Haidar. Immediately he offered up the truck for a road test. The truck was in very fine condition, the shakedown cruise proved it was as drivable as it was clean! Without haggle, without pressure to add warranty work or other up-pricing techniques. Haidar cut the paper work, we went down to the Auburn Golden-1, delivered a down payment check (followed by a residual payment on Monday) and drove the Honda Ridgeline home that Saturday. After visiting several dealerships from the bay area to Sacramento I can only say that dealing with the folks at California Auto Sales was the most pleasant and satisfying experience we had the entire month we’d been searching for a vehicle to buy.