Ah, yes. Toyota. This reminds me of my last experience at a Toyota dealership (the fact that I now own a Mazda is a clue as to how this story goes). Having driven a manual transmission for ten years now, an automatic is just not for me these days. I went to the Toyota dealer in Franklin, TN, and asked the shark who greeted me before I could even open my door if I could test drive a 5-speed Corolla. He (it IS always a he)smiled, winked at me, and said, "Sugah, we don't let the women drive the five-speeds. They just tear those transmissions up."

Oy vey.

Turned out, he was quite serious and absolutely would not hand me the keys to a five-speed Toyota anything; therefore, I left without having driven anything. Can't imagine why their sales are slow....

They ran a credit report on you while you were on your test drive. That's what happened between test drive 1 and 2.

I could see how that might happen, but I don't think it's what happened here, if for no other reason than they didn't have nearly enough information to run a credit report -- not even our last name.