Share 3 real stories with people who already stay or will come up to Fort Mcmurray with old car and from other province: - L. U0 K( K$ I$ C" \3 e' T$ c 8 U, O4 ?8 p+ ^5 D" dStory 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 $800 including Out of Province Inspection in one day. 3 L3 Q% r3 n$ L4 y & {1 e" j- R. L" ?( b5 hStory 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 $320 to repair the car including the materials. 1 `- ]) W' k: z% f# s- T% w8 m- c {$ ]* q
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. 1 h4 b, n% s. x2 `8 G: {+ f' B7 {; E- {) ?7 N. f2 Z* O
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.5 y: c4 s9 M& u+ r, g) r! }
" o" ?) i0 O, G+ S. E: I7 {. lIf any body know there is a good mechanics here in Fort Mcmurray with reasonable price, please let me know... I appreicate it in advance.