I once rented a V6 156 (this was in 2000) from Hertz in Milan. I pre-
rented it here in the USA, and received an e-mail confirmation that it
would be a 156 and a V6, and I was to present this paperwork to the
Hertz desk at the Milan Malpensa airport. When I arrived in Milan, I
went to the Hertz desk and showed them the paperwork. The woman
started to work her computer and said that my car was downstairs at
the rental car pickup. So I went down there and up wheeled a Hertz
attendant in a medium sized Opel. I showed him the paperwork and
INSISTED that I get what I paid almost $400 for on a two week rental.
The Hertz guy looked at my paperwork for a few minutes and then
excused himself and went into the office adjacent to the lot. He and
another guy conferred for a few minutes, then I saw my man's associate
pick-up a telephone. When the guy who was helping me came back out, he
handed me back the paper and told me to wait, and that someone was
bringing a V6 156 from their downtown office. About 40 minutes later,
up comes a brand new silver 156 with a with a 3.0 liter V6 in it. So
the only advice I can really give is to stick by your guns and try to
rent your car through some stateside agency and get specifics in
writing about what you are renting. After that initial renting, I
started getting loaned cars by Alfa whenever I went to Italy, so I
have no recent rental experience.
George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'
On Sep 15, 2009, at 3:34 AM, Luca wrote:
AT Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:45:18 -0700 "Joan Golston" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On behalf of a friend leaving shortly for Italy .... online it
looks like
>just shy of seven hundred dollars to rent an Alfa 147 for eight
days. Is
>that true? Any quick leads, hints, suggestions would be great. I
know this >has come up before, but wonder what the current situation
is.
which rental company is it?
Usually they do not rent by brand, but by category. So you can see
ad talking about some cool cars, but do not take is for granted you
are gonna get THAT car.
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Luca - Italy
"I wouldn't wish my hell on you" O.Osbourne
Suzuki 937, '87 Alfa 75 Turbo,
'90 Alfa 75 1.8ie, '85 Maserati Biturbo S II
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