Originally Posted by
Alsacienne
I'm a wee bit shocked by this. Surely that's something that you assume but still check when renting a car?
Citroën Bernard Frères Réparateur agréé
1440 av Amandier 84000 AVIGNON
Tel 04 90 89 91 94
Opening hours Mon-Fri 08h00 - 12h00 and 14h00 - 18h00. Not open Sat and Sun.
Hope this helps, but do enjoy Avignon and have a bit of down time. At least if you're not driving you can enjoy a glass or even more of the good local wine.
Thanks. National/Atesa supposedly has a tow truck/garage lined up for me tomorrow, but we'll see. I'll be getting a tire one way or another tomorrow! If I have to do it myself, how would a Frenchman solve this problem? In the USA, I'd put on the temporary spare myself (or call AAA to do it) and then drive to a tire store, where I'd be done in about a half hour. No spare really makes it so much more difficult.
And, yes, the wine is very good here. I had a nice glass of Châteauneuf-du-Pape this afternoon. Alas, for an American right now, good French wine is really too expensive to buy. The dollars go a lot further in Mendoza! At least the wine is cheaper than in Paris, particularly in restaurants.
Originally Posted by
stimpy
I had an Avis French car that broke down in Italy. I limped along to the nearest Avis location in Italy and they gave me another car. It took about an hour for the paperwork and I had to dispute a couple of incorrect charges afterwards, but that was it.
Yeah, I kind of think Avis and Hertz are more like "one company" and National is more like a collection of franchisees from different countries. I called the National office by the Avignon TGV (unfortunately, the city office was closed on Sundays) and the agent there was nice, but couldn't help me.