Question about car rental pickup in Paris to drive to Caen

The Hertz location is right by the Porte de St-Cloud Metro station and easy access to the A-13 to Normandy.
Take the No 4 Metro north to Strasbourg-St-Denis and change to the No 9 Metro direction Pont de Sevres.

Thank you so much!

If you take the RER A to Nanterre, you'll be well west of Paris traffic when you pick up your car.

Wouldn't it be even easier just to take a train to Caen? if you need a car in Normandy, rent it in Caen. (That's what I did.)

Tim - How bad is Paris traffic around Parc des Princes? I'm a bit more comfortable renting from Hertz than Europcar for no other reason than it's a familiar entity and I feel like I would be able to negotiate better if there ended up being a problem.

Andrew - That was the plan I started with, but the 6 day rental was twice the cost starting in Caen and not including the train tickets. In addition, renting in Paris gives us more time flexibility, we don't have to time our train arrival to when the rental place is open.

The traffic should be fine if it is not during rush hour, or there is not a football match at Parc de Princes. Turning right out of the Hertz location it is a straight shot down the Route de la Reine about a mile and a quarter. You'll cross the Seine on a bridge and stay to the left. Big overhead sign, "A-13 Rouen" and you are on the autoroute to Normandy.
The Hertz location is about 200 yds from the Metro exit (if you come out the northwest side next to the church).
The location in Nanterre is about 3/4 of a mile from the Rueil-Malmaison RER station. Also easy way on to the autoroute to Normandy.

Thanks Sam - I love the simple detailed directions:)

When I was in France I booked with Auto Europe and the car was provided by Europcar. The service was fine. I suspect that Europcar will be cheaper than Hertz.

Europcar is one of the best ones around. Hertz is uniformly the worst outside of the U S. It's unfortunate that so many people gravitate to a familiar name.

Europcar ended up cheaper so that's who I went with. Thanks everyone for the help.

Hi Alison... I'm late to the party. I used Europcar and departed from Gare du Nord. It was easy leaving Paris but I returned on a Friday afternoon so the traffic was bad coming back in.