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Quick question, warpzoneqc. Do you mean that you have been “approved” for upto $5000 credit for tools as a student by either MAC or Snap ON? Or that you have $5000 to spend? I ask because I would seriously NOT recommend going the “credit” route. That is pretty much signing over your first few months paychecks to whomever you buy the tools from. I’m sorry to say this but not everyone lasts at their first job. Whatever you decide, don’t go crazy and get the biggest toolbox you can buy. Start small and compact and build from there.
Buy used. Both tools and tool cart. You really don’t NEED a full on “box” or “system” yet. You need basic hand tools and maybe a 3/8″ impact wrench. Maybe 1/2″ if you’re working on larger vehicles. you DO want to spend money on quality torque wrenches (and USE them). Not Harbor Freight, Not Craftsman. Just don’t. Both those brands make decent hand tools, but DO NOT buy their torque wrenches for professional use. A LOT of it depends on what you’ll be working on.
Which jobs do I dislike the most? Any job that the customer has tried to fix beforehand. Or has taken to some hack “friend who knows a lot about cars and fixes his own”. I used to fit that second description til I got some training in school. The difference is, I learned the hard way on my own vehicles only. Never on someone else’s.
OP (Original Poster), if you’re still active and still need an answer to this thread. DO NOT, under any circumstances, touch that car for ANY reason. If you do, you will become the scapegoat for ANY future problems and the focus of that idiot’s ridiculous and unrealistic expectations. I REPEAT. DO NOT work on that person’s car. if you can, show and make your service advisers and manager aware of why this is a “customer” that needs to be 86’ed. There is a reason why EVERY business should have the “We reserved the right to refuse service” front and center on the front counter. Especially in the Automotive Industry.