Frankfurt dropoff tips?
05-15-2014, 05:21 AM
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Frankfurt dropoff tips?
Any tips on dropping off in Frankfurt? Nearby carwash? Easy routes to transit or any nearby car rental places? (Dropping off Friday, debating renting for Friday afternoon & Saturday.) Any other hints, tips, tircks, etc?
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05-15-2014, 12:18 PM
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05-15-2014, 01:27 PM
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Followup:
Washed the car at the Mr. Wash across the street: https://www.google.com/maps/place/%2...27741e043fc9bf
Yes, it's touch and they use a track but everything seemed to come out well. The guy at the track entrance was super-careful directing me onto the track. Then he hosed off bugs and stuff before running us through the washer. We pulled off and vacuumed out the interior then headed to BLG - note that making the "U-turn" through the roundabout is tricky, I confess to making two passes through to get it right
I rented from Hertz - there's a location about 10 minutes walk away from the BLG dropoff: https://www.google.com/maps/place/He...6329ad7fe25608
Note that car choices at these corporate locations are much less than at the airport - so plan ahead. We rented online about 40 hours before we picked up and had pretty little selection - ended up with a Hyundai i30 (4dr hatchback) which at least had a luggage cover. Ironically the Hyundai had a 6spd manual - an option I would have killed for on the Audi!
Biggest problem overall was finding the BLG office - easy enough to get to the gated lot. The key is to park in the first lot off to your left immediately after passing the gate and then look for the office in a straight line from the gate. I.e. if you drove in a perfectly straight line in from the gate offroad and over their lawn decorations until you hit the building, the office door would be close at hand on your right side
On the subject of Rothenberg, you do NOT want to take your Audi into the inner town. The tiny i30 was interesting to maneuver. For future reference, I'd park in the lot outside and hike my stuff in to the hotel!
ETA: Don't skip the carwash - guy with a VW right behind me at BLG got rejected for bug guts on his front bumper! He was pissed - which struck me odd, as I'd be WAY more pissed if US Customs quarantined my car!
Washed the car at the Mr. Wash across the street: https://www.google.com/maps/place/%2...27741e043fc9bf
Yes, it's touch
and they use a track but everything seemed to come out well. The guy at the track entrance was super-careful directing me onto the track. Then he hosed off bugs and stuff before running us through the washer. We pulled off and vacuumed out the interior then headed to BLG - note that making the "U-turn" through the roundabout is tricky, I confess to making two passes through to get it right I rented from Hertz - there's a location about 10 minutes walk away from the BLG dropoff: https://www.google.com/maps/place/He...6329ad7fe25608
Note that car choices at these corporate locations are much less than at the airport - so plan ahead. We rented online about 40 hours before we picked up and had pretty little selection - ended up with a Hyundai i30 (4dr hatchback) which at least had a luggage cover. Ironically the Hyundai had a 6spd manual - an option I would have killed for on the Audi!
Biggest problem overall was finding the BLG office - easy enough to get to the gated lot. The key is to park in the first lot off to your left immediately after passing the gate and then look for the office in a straight line from the gate. I.e. if you drove in a perfectly straight line in from the gate offroad and over their lawn decorations until you hit the building, the office door would be close at hand on your right side
On the subject of Rothenberg, you do NOT want to take your Audi into the inner town. The tiny i30 was interesting to maneuver. For future reference, I'd park in the lot outside and hike my stuff in to the hotel!
ETA: Don't skip the carwash - guy with a VW right behind me at BLG got rejected for bug guts on his front bumper! He was pissed - which struck me odd, as I'd be WAY more pissed if US Customs quarantined my car!
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Biggest problem overall was finding the BLG office - easy enough to get to the gated lot. The key is to park in the first lot off to your left immediately after passing the gate and then look for the office in a straight line from the gate. I.e. if you drove in a perfectly straight line in from the gate offroad and over their lawn decorations until you hit the building, the office door would be close at hand on your right side
Assuming the picture poster doesn't strip it, this image has GPS EXIF info embedded, so you can open it up in Google Earth or similar to see exactly where you'd need to be
Argh, it does strip GPS tags
Here's the KML file:Code:
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