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Originally posted by BlownGoat
This is just my opinion FMX but i never was a big advocate of buying the huge tool sets if your not opening a grage business.
Reason i say that is there alot of tools in those huge sets that you really will not use very much. Personally i like to buy a ratchet set like a 132pc set and then buy what i will get alot of use out of like ratcheting wrenches,stubby ratchets,t-handle alan wrenches and such.
If you have a older car and your going to use the set for it primarily then you really dont have a whole lot of need for metrics and thats almost half the socets&wrenches in those huge sets.
I know some guys may disagree with what i just said but thats just how i look at it and how i have built my tool collection for myself.
just my .02 BG
No I agree with you.... I agree both way's actually. I know what you mean and right now that is basically how me and my dad have gotten all of our tools is buying the sockets, combinations, screw drivers, etc and then whenever we have to work on something and we don't have the part for it then we go to Sears and buy it and add on that way. Only thing I don't like is having to wait to go to Sears and all and wasting that time. I will use a lot of the tools but not a lot of the automotive tools as much, but I will still use all of them once in a while when working on the truck and thing's like that. I use a lot of metric tools for my dirt bikes and things of that sort at the moment and metric is a must for me to have, I can go without standard tools if I had to (but I won't). I will just have to see what happens, like I said, I don't have the money for it yet, I got to save up and see what goes. Anything can happen between now and later when I need them so we will just have to see, I just wanted to get some more input and info on these ahead of time.... I am just one of those people that likes to plan way ahead and make sure I don't mess up or forget nothing because every little thing stresses me out like that.