Ottawa

Mobile mechanic in Ottawa

We're a Kanata outfit that drives east, which is the single most useful thing to know about pricing a call-out downtown. The further in and across the city you are, the higher the band, and you'll see the number before you agree to anything.

What the trip costs

Four bands, west to east

Our fee table runs on the first three characters of your postal code, and reading down it the pattern is obvious enough: the west-end codes are cheapest for us to reach, and the east end is the longest drive.

Travel feePostal codesRoughly
$30 + tax K1Y K1Z K2B K2C Hintonburg, Wellington Village, Civic Hospital, Westboro, Carlington, Britannia, Bayshore, Copeland Park, Carleton Heights
$35 + tax K2P K1R K1S K1N K1H K1V K1T Centretown, the Glebe, Old Ottawa South and East, Lower Town, Sandy Hill, Alta Vista, South Keys, Blossom Park
$45 + tax K1G K1K K1L K1M Overbrook, Vanier, Manor Park, Rockcliffe Park, New Edinburgh, Elmvale Acres, Hunt Club Park
$50 + tax K1B K1C K1E K1J K1W Blackburn Hamlet, Beacon Hill, Cyrville, and the Orléans codes

This is the Ottawa slice of the table. There are more codes on it, including the ones with no fee at all, and the full list and the postal-code checker are on the service-area page.

Working on a pickup after dark, lit by the service truck

Downtown, specifically

We need the car above ground

This is the one that catches people out in the central codes, where the parking that comes with an apartment is very often a garage under the building. We can't work down there: no height to get a car safely up on a jack, and no ventilation.

  • A residential street outside is fine, and so is a surface visitor space.
  • The lot where you work, if the car sits there through the day.
  • Not underground parking, however easy it looks.
  • Not the shoulder of the Queensway, which needs a tow before we can get near it.

If you're not sure whether your spot works, send a photo of it with the estimate request and we'll tell you before we drive out.

What we come out for

It's the same list wherever you are

There's no smaller menu for a longer drive. Brakes, tires and TPMS, suspension, diagnostics, tune-ups, batteries and electrical, exhaust, accessory installs and pre-purchase inspections all happen where the car is parked.

The full list, with what each one covers.

Timing

We're out after five and on weekends

Weeknights from 5pm and both weekend days from 8am. If it's urgent and outside those hours we'll come where we can, and that carries a $50 emergency fee, quoted before we set off so you aren't finding it on the invoice.

Book it in

Get a price for Ottawa

Tell us the year, make and model and what it's doing. You get the cost of the work and the travel before anything is booked.

Weeknights from 5pm Saturdays & Sundays from 8am 2-year parts warranty

Where we go

Mobile mechanic, town by town

Each town has its own page with the postal codes that apply there and what the trip costs.