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Originally Posted by tvp2003
I was also thinking about ordering a new or used part online and seeing if I could bring it into a mechanic, but I don't really think it's worth the hassle.
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Unless you're actually friends with a mechanic that would do this under the table, there's not a shop in the city that would do this due to liability.
I don't know what year your focus is, so I used a 2008 as an example. List price on the alternator is around $200 USD, and your labour sounds like it's 2 hours. Doesn't sound entirely out of line.
However I don't care what Regulator says, I'd eat the towing charge to another garage before I'd let Canadian Tire touch it.