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Admitedly it was 10 years ago, but I found my (at the time) local Honda dealership to be really good - helpful, but not pushy. In one afternoon of browsing, I managed to get two hour-ling test drives in and help from the salesman to help me put some of my holiday luggage and gold stuff in their showroom cars' boots (Jazz mk1 and 2005 Civic 3dr) to see if it fitted, plus poking around inside the cars, followed by a nice sit down, cup of tea and their best price on both the models (new) I was considering. A very relaxing, pleasant experience with no pressure.
He asked if it was ok to phone me a week or so later to see if had made my mind up, which he did and politely accepted I had gone for another make/car (my Mazda3 - I'd been extremely lucky to get a 30% off deal by going to Motorpoint [sadly very few available back then on Hondas]).
The Mazda dealer (not the one I use now) was ok, but not very enthusiastic. If the great Mazda3 deal hadn't been available (effectively I got more car for a Grand less than the Jazz and £4k less than the Civic), I would've gone for the Jazz (the Civic [1.6 Sport], nice as it was, was less comfortable to drive due to it not having a foot rest [a must have for me], but was expensive [£14k+] for the equivalent of the Mazda with a far smaller boot). I really liked the 'Honda experience' - a shame they don't have anything worth buying at the moment in their current line-up.
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