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This is an upper-class office area full of good-looking young people driving Mini and BMW 120d. There is a Cepsa petrol station on the left 300 meters further, but [[User:Grégoire|Grégoire]] didn't find it very welcoming and preferred to stick his thumb out at the end of the street, where he got a ride to another petrol station further on the A1 30 minutes later.
Once out of Madrid, safest idea is to request lifts to the various service stations, and simply approach people who drive in and politely ask them for a lift. TallNomad found a lift all the way to Bilbao from a service station/truckstop simply by approaching random strangers with a smile and explaining his journey plan. General waiting time is 30 minutes during the busier hours at a good spot. Avoid the smaller roads, except during tourist season, when loads of sat-navs send travellers on weird routes, and lifts can be found easily enough.
=== Northwest towards Galicia ===
Take metro line 3 to Moncloa. On one of the underground levels of the metro/bus station, take bus number 162 to stop 'Av. Padre Huidobro - Argentona', located on route A6 in the direction of La Coruña. You'll pass a Repsol garage- when you get off the bus, walk back down the road about 1.4km to reach it. There is a pavement followed by a foot-trail, so you don't have to walk on the road. Not a big garage but there's a steady trickle of drivers. [[User:Earlyturtle|Earlyturtle]] found a lift in 30 minutes in June 2017.
=== West towards [[Portugal]] {{European Route Number|90}} ===
