A fellow blogger recently moved from Texas, USA to Alberta, Canada. And as a new immigrant in Canada, they are allowed to bring in their car from the US, tax free. And since they are bringing it here by themselves via long drive, they brought it to
Houston auto repair shop to have their
timing belt and
water pump repaired, and of course a full check up as well.
Upon arrival, they had to have their car passed the out of province test. Initially, the first company they approached to have their inspection, failed their car. And wanted to do some repair that would costs them around $3000+.
They then decided to seek another company's opinion, and successfully passed the inspection. They do, however, need to get the black heat installed since it does get below 30s here during the winter months.
For those of you who are in the same situation, do seek a second opinion before you start paying for repairs that may or may not be needed. They just save a lot of $$$.