ok. i work at a nissan dealer ship........i work with people who spend 1,000's upon 1000's of $$ a year on snap on and mac and matco tools....... i work with 3 people in my immediate area, 2 spend $$$$$$$ on tools and have really impressive snap on boxes, the other dude buys nearly all harbor freight tools and has a beater craftsmen box (he buys snap on specialty tools tho...you have to) all 3 have been there for 3 years and all 3 are really freakin good at what they do.
all his air tools are harbor freight, die grinder, cut off wheel, (air gun is a used matco) all his wrenches is Pittsburgh. he has never broken a tool...ever. we use our tools ALOT more than you guys do too. not trying to put you down, but 40 hours a week on many differant cars is alot differant that mostly working on only sentras useing mostly only 10mm 12mm and 14mm's
also, him being flat rate meens he has to get "creative" with tools to make him faster instead of swapping for a differant tool all the time. say your taking off a brake caliper on a titan (22mm caliper braket bolt) and the caliper just dosent want to come off........pry it off with the wrench! :eek2: :biggthump
i can garuntee all of you will be happy with harbor freight tools. but spent alittle more cash of ratcheting wrenches and sockets and ratchets, those take a being and are kinda fragile