Share 3 real stories with people who already stay or will come up to Fort Mcmurray with old car and from other province: 5 N2 X6 n$ T7 ]+ d: W$ w1 T9 g$ z4 [; F 0 w& e' v1 o! I3 s+ n& bStory 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 $800 including Out of Province Inspection in one day.' B& x, a$ A1 b" X' c4 n3 O
. u1 W+ P4 r8 yStory 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. 3 }- b+ G' j. Z+ U+ d9 l U# F6 |2 }4 F9 ]& z- C3 R* M
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.; z% o3 A7 L; X
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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.' V9 P. G) T* T% N& T# m5 e
% Z/ y: w3 k: n4 `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.