20-hour Auto Engineering Video Course from How a Car Works

Re:20-hour Auto Engineering Video Course from How a Car Works by ofrzeta on Thursday April 13, 2023 @08:54AM (#35554662)

> a solid investment in tools and equipment

That's true. You need a lot of special tools for modern cars. When you acquired the required tools you'd best stick to that manufacturer with future car purchases or you'll have to buy the whole set again for your new brand.

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Re:20-hour Auto Engineering Video Course from How a Car Works by squirtle24 on Thursday April 13, 2023 @09:38AM (#35555257)

For situations like this I find www.automotivespecialtytool.net to be particularly useful. It's a peer-to-peer car tool rental community. So if you have a rarely used, very specific tool you can rent it out to others; similarly if you need such a tool you can just rent it without having to buy it.

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Re:20-hour Auto Engineering Video Course from How a Car Works by nbar1 on Thursday April 13, 2023 @09:32AM (#35555183)

This is untrue. Yes there are specialized tools, even some per manufacturer, but in reality 95% of the jobs people will be doing can be done with a standard mechanics toolset.

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Re:20-hour Auto Engineering Video Course from How a Car Works by fl7305 on Thursday April 13, 2023 @09:46AM (#35555386)

Ehh, for VW at least some jobs are a lot easier with VW tools.

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Re:20-hour Auto Engineering Video Course from How a Car Works by Pawka on Thursday April 13, 2023 @02:05PM (#35559539)

Same with bicycle repair. Each major brand has own proprietary toolset.

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