Share 3 real stories with people who already stay or will come up to Fort Mcmurray with old car and from other province:; }; y. I. V$ ?8 k U/ k. S1 {
* E3 N/ \" d3 ]3 \% i+ [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 $800 including Out of Province Inspection in one day. 9 p% D$ k1 L- z/ A2 B7 J7 Q, X 3 ~/ z0 b) z( B$ v" M, tStory 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 $320 to repair the car including the materials.# g9 V3 q6 h7 O( C8 x1 R$ Z
, j$ U. d8 ?% w' C* K) vStory 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.; w# S2 {; A \% Y
0 a2 e! X0 G4 l, R$ {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. " R( R; d* }6 F ! t# Y4 L) ]8 i' J( O( j' n M- fIf any body know there is a good mechanics here in Fort Mcmurray with reasonable price, please let me know... I appreicate it in advance.