Share 3 real stories with people who already stay or will come up to Fort Mcmurray with old car and from other province:8 v1 a9 p' y! f: K1 [ j- s
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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 $800 including Out of Province Inspection in one day.5 s$ ?# Z6 r2 k( M
. x* j# H7 }" I7 s" e; BStory 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 $320 to repair the car including the materials. , P& V7 X" P+ X) q. p- o- O2 ]6 L) k! b/ E
Story three: one car of co-worker was broken down in Highway 63 and phoned AMA to tow his car to a car repair shop in Fort Mcmurray, one week later, he was told they could not fix the car and recommend him to tow his car to Edmonton. . x* Q$ {' L$ e, {2 @2 b2 o( Z8 X& t# ~% s% h3 N# j3 A
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. # s3 A7 Y$ A Q) L) H7 Y + h7 s/ l+ G' k: j2 m) E1 P9 xIf any body know there is a good mechanics here in Fort Mcmurray with reasonable price, please let me know... I appreicate it in advance.