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Originally Posted by MsMe
A garage to avoid CRS on King St. near Scott Park school.
I had to have my emission test last week and it didn't pass grrr. So I took my car to an oil lube place to have it tested, but they don't do the repairs there. So I took the car to CRS for the repairs, which ended up costing $306 with taxes. 
They told me while there it would take about 2 hours to repair. So I said I would wait. 5 and a half hours later the car still wasn't done. He told me the emission machine kept crashing and he couldn't re-test it. That was last Tuesday, then I called on Friday and asked if it was fixed yet he said yes. So I made another apt for 4pm on Friday. When I got there he said the machine crashed again. Why couldn't call me to tell me.  So in the meantime I had to get a temp sticker for the car which ended up costing $15 which is only good for 10 days which expired yesterday.
So anyhow, I took the car back for the re-test on the emission to the oil lube place where the car failed on Friday after I left CRS. The only thing that didn't pass this time was the gas cap so I replaced that. So I went to the Ministry Saturday afternoon to get the new sticker and since I got there after 1 pm she couldn't give me one since the head office closes then. And she said that I need proof that I owned the car prior to the emission test. Like my insurance papers don't prove that. So I had to get another temp sticker again and pay another $15. So now I still have to get the new sticker and pay the normal $74. Needless to say I wasn't in a good mood at all after going through all of this shit. |
Sorry to hear about your bad experience with CRS... I have went there in the past when I had to have some emergency work done after hours, and I can't say I have any complaints, although that was around 3 years ago...are they still 24hr's? I now go to Westown Auto on Aberdeen and have for the last 3 years or so and there the only guys I trust, all the work they have done is top notch! Its a family owned buisiness for the last 40 years and the owners are the mechanics, a dad and his 2 sons..good guys! they do emmissions tests but they dont have a machine at there shop so they take it for you some where and get it done! check them out sometime.