All the responses you’re going to get are anecdotal. You can only get a good idea by reading reviews of local dealers and checking them out yourself when you do test drives. I’ve had amazing luck with a specific dealer but it’s moot if you never go to that particular one.
When I was 18 I was looking at cars and I drove a 99 Cmary that day. Person at the Toyota dealer said the same thing.
It’s a common sales tactic to relate to you and get you to be buddy-buddy with them like a sucker.