Share 3 real stories with people who already stay or will come up to Fort Mcmurray with old car and from other province: : D9 Y" u6 ~. W* w% A! o1 i @1 w$ j* F0 A+ z0 q ?9 w
Story 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 $800 including Out of Province Inspection in one day.3 \8 R$ ^& u3 R& x7 z* u# f
S" ?$ V- G* m! K2 i' V, ]Story 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 $320 to repair the car including the materials.2 ]# d( t0 R- F! g
! c* R) y# u- W5 [3 v& H tStory three: one car of co-worker was broken down in Highway 63 and phoned AMA to tow his car to a car repair shop in Fort Mcmurray, one week later, he was told they could not fix the car and recommend him to tow his car to Edmonton./ ~( I0 j1 i& I" v
4 W. V: b$ N% f2 WLesson 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. 0 L4 @0 F6 u) M( l5 b2 t% y' n$ Y" b6 I3 x, |' H9 U
If any body know there is a good mechanics here in Fort Mcmurray with reasonable price, please let me know... I appreicate it in advance.