Share 3 real stories with people who already stay or will come up to Fort Mcmurray with old car and from other province: % M" ?# I1 l8 e5 p! f/ ] ) B0 |6 P) V, O% t! {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 $800 including Out of Province Inspection in one day. & H9 v4 p9 H0 G) o- \* O, @$ [- C0 K( x9 _% {: i
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 $320 to repair the car including the materials.8 R* Y, R' q. i- K$ w6 z: F0 N9 f
+ C$ Z" r3 D T0 D! f' ?: z6 }, ZStory 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.+ {6 D) H: k% v2 P
2 p6 K1 L/ v. j, d3 l, G- P) RLesson 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.) X/ Y5 {% \# [% l# J: {9 C
3 A; j+ D2 [& v/ g7 r- p& d6 CIf any body know there is a good mechanics here in Fort Mcmurray with reasonable price, please let me know... I appreicate it in advance.