Share 3 real stories with people who already stay or will come up to Fort Mcmurray with old car and from other province: ! f& `0 {8 {- g* p, a4 P 9 d. W5 }# y4 n. t& Y( z! RStory one: I have an old Passat from Toronto this January, spent $200 for Out of Province Inspection in Fort Mcmurray then one week later, I was told to pay minimum of $3000 to repair a list of items of my car. I could believe it was true, and spent another $200 for another Out of Province Inspection in another car shop, almost the same price as they said. I still did not believe and faxed the list to a mechanics in Edmonton, and I drove to Edmonton have my car fixed as the list mentioned but paid only $800 including Out of Province Inspection in one day.) m. i2 B) x2 o
Z/ s& K" }* J. A$ z( Y0 T* O% XStory two: Last month, the water pump of my car not working, I tried 3 car repair shops in Fort Mcmurray, I was told to wait at least one week, and they would charge 12 hours labour ($120/h), that will be $1440p +tax and material. Again, I did not try to repair my car here in Fort Mcmurray, I paid $550 for towing my car to Edmonton and paid another $320 to repair the car including the materials. ; b6 q ?$ Z0 T A1 S, D$ ~2 G; h. l4 ]+ H0 S9 _
Story three: one car of co-worker was broken down in Highway 63 and phoned AMA to tow his car to a car repair shop in Fort Mcmurray, one week later, he was told they could not fix the car and recommend him to tow his car to Edmonton. 3 K* H6 @4 Z2 W# a' o% c+ K3 f" X
Lesson learn: Repairing a car in Fort Mcmurray is extremely expensive and you have to wait for a while. if you want to have cheap and quick repair, drive to fix it in Edmonton.7 ]4 T" U( F1 e* v
- h6 i. F A( ]6 g- Q( m. k: F8 AIf any body know there is a good mechanics here in Fort Mcmurray with reasonable price, please let me know... I appreicate it in advance.