Share 3 real stories with people who already stay or will come up to Fort Mcmurray with old car and from other province: p& d# E9 Y. {6 e* p7 t
4 @0 W3 s2 c% p2 w& }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 d1 M% D7 N; Z+ o2 J& b9 o5 J5 n6 I7 n
Story 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 $320 to repair the car including the materials. 0 I* v4 Q8 T0 |9 K3 m; E1 x) U* {6 |$ O" K2 @" U8 I
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./ H c/ A) X! Z- W7 ~! }
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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. 4 l9 H& J2 T" l/ c 1 G/ f; N F4 A9 ]6 }. U3 bIf any body know there is a good mechanics here in Fort Mcmurray with reasonable price, please let me know... I appreicate it in advance.