I clicked on the link in my RSS feed and expected to see something about cars breaking down in France & Wallonia. In the US people say 'call AAA', and while wor

I clicked on the link in my RSS feed and expected to see something about cars breaking down in France & Wallonia. In the US people say 'call AAA', and while working in Wallonia it was 'appelle le dépanneur', i.e. the person that gets you going. 'En panne' means 'broken down', and 'le dépanneur' would get you going again. I wonder if the stores originally were 'dépanneurs', as the original meaning, having started a side business next to their car fixing? Like how 7-11 started from an ice house in Dallas. Or is it a play on 'helping you to get going again'?