After picking up the car in Madrid, we drove directly to Toledo. Halfway through, a tire alarm went off and there was no way to address it on the highway. We had to keep driving to our destination. Upon checking, we found the front left tire was slightly deflated. We immediately went to the AVIS branch in Toledo, but the location provided by the rental platform and the GPS didn’t have a store—it seems the branch had already closed. With no other options, we spent half a day looking for a repair shop but couldn’t find one. Ultimately, we used an air pump station to fill the tire and monitored the situation. Later, we discovered the tire had a slow leak, triggering the alarm every three days. Although it didn’t compromise safety and Spain offers convenient free air pump facilities at gas stations, this issue still wasted a lot of our time to enjoy our trip.

The queue was not too long, only one counter. The staff kept pushing insurance. When asked if it was the model we reserved, they acted like they didn't understand, and we ended up with a BMW 1 Series instead of a Mini Countryman. The car was heavily scratched all around.

The queue time was quite long, and efficiency was low. It took six hours for the tow truck to arrive after a flat tire, and then we had to queue for another three hours to get a car. It wasted an entire day for us.

The procedure is simple and quick.

There is a huge difference in car models.