Share 3 real stories with people who already stay or will come up to Fort Mcmurray with old car and from other province:$ g! d. U( }# x/ X
, D! r8 G0 q! [- X" }7 K% vStory 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 $800 including Out of Province Inspection in one day.$ f1 e' S6 E* Q% n
. Q3 J- H) }: K+ cStory 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 $320 to repair the car including the materials.5 u9 i' F* j L! X2 g9 R
; Q5 B/ k# W( P2 B/ n6 H% fStory three: one car of co-worker was broken down in Highway 63 and phoned AMA to tow his car to a car repair shop in Fort Mcmurray, one week later, he was told they could not fix the car and recommend him to tow his car to Edmonton.4 B7 ]# A" w) A& r$ R4 P
7 w; x. r$ S0 D" U( `- G$ ~% SLesson 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. ! r& N, `2 n+ b# u4 a Q% t3 Y. X( z. L* B) m
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.