Share 3 real stories with people who already stay or will come up to Fort Mcmurray with old car and from other province: 4 b7 l8 R; w; N# T+ z* Q; ?7 L# O7 q# t& J% ]
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." C' u2 C* D4 ]; s/ a7 d" P. p
, t2 O- d6 E. PStory 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 $320 to repair the car including the materials. ( l* _9 G6 i8 Y( r5 C/ {, t" m; _/ f. U. g+ J/ n
Story three: one car of co-worker was broken down in Highway 63 and phoned AMA to tow his car to a car repair shop in Fort Mcmurray, one week later, he was told they could not fix the car and recommend him to tow his car to Edmonton. 9 h' d) p, s2 Q- H( d) B& G3 O: ]' A& r% Y 6 o9 |7 n( d0 u/ T9 W% dLesson learn: Repairing a car in Fort Mcmurray is extremely expensive and you have to wait for a while. if you want to have cheap and quick repair, drive to fix it in Edmonton. & c9 b% D. `" B) A% Z+ z; L; e% O* B% l9 X+ ^0 P$ x: t4 H
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.