Dating Question- Car Date?!

I (American-26 female) met a man (Turkish 27) on a dating app in the US. We have been messaging briefly and he asked me if I like coffee and a car date..

I asked him what he meant and he said that we could get something and chat in the car. I told him this is not a date to me and he said in Turkish culture this is how a first date goes.

Is he lying? I am not going on a date with him. I am just curious if this is genuine or if he lied about it.

**update: I told him that I went out with Turkish men before and this has never been the culture. He asked if they took me out to a restaurant and I said yes and he offered to take me to a nice restaurant. He said “I am not a stingy person- this is just a misunderstanding.”

BOY BYE.