Share 3 real stories with people who already stay or will come up to Fort Mcmurray with old car and from other province:0 k, r7 Z( F2 O7 I3 O$ X6 D8 \/ L
( V& |8 g! o( ~+ ` IStory 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 L1 B- k; ^3 i, J
/ Q+ ~3 V- J4 u# A0 C# 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 $320 to repair the car including the materials. ! U6 A+ m$ @' v/ S9 w* J2 G* R) T# y6 z4 g/ \1 p
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. - C. e, `, u$ R" c# i3 f7 D2 Q- X0 G% G" W
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$ ~: F2 k8 d$ N9 l) l$ z
/ r3 Y+ R7 r1 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.