A Snap-On Verus is over 10 grand with $1700.00 in subscription costs per year. You can easily spend $50,000 to $100,000 in tool costs to do a $17.00 an hour job, less if you are not the service writers friend.
Holy cow.
We tend to do dealership maintenance on our vehicles, and it’s not cheap. But car repairs exceeded my general mechanical abilities a few quarter centuries back...and I got tired of trying to keep a trustworthy non-brand mechanic. Besides, I spend the extra $$$ on extended warranties, and that’s saved a good bit of money over the years plus there’s usually a rental supplied.
But, I had no idea a mechanic’s tools were that a big of an investment.