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My father-in-law has all that at his place, so it's just a short drive to use the things, and not have to find my own storage places for them. I like the arrangement just fine! He's my "fix it" mentor; retired military and loves carpentry. He's taught me how to do most of the stuff without risking loss of fingers or other appendages, or making the projects look too much like novice DIY jobs. I just want some of the smaller stuff for quick projects, like a nail gun, and maybe a belt sander (kitchen cabinets really want to be repainted white, they told me so).

For filling or changing my own tires, oil, and all the other mechanical biz, my mechanic does a great job at these things. Where auto maintenance is concerned, I will happily continue doing my part to keep that economy alive and well. I love my car too much to punish it with my attempts at DIY.

If you have access to all of the tools you need and don't have to store them, Its winning situation for you. I used to have many more mechanics tools (worked at a garage as a kid) but I have a company truck now and my girlfriend has a decent car. I don't miss the days of repairing my own cars, or any others for that matter. If you want a small finish nail gun, that is always something nice to have around. You can run it off of a very small compressor. Up here in the North around October all of the pawn shops become littered with nail guns and construction tools and then the stock gets thin again around April. Basically, people think they can just jump into remodeling, roofing....ect but in the fall when work dies off, they quit. It happens so frequently that many pawn shops hang signs that say "NO NAIL GUNS"

So if you have one close, look around. I always look up the current prices on my iPhone and offer no more than 50% of the value. Also, here all pawn transactions of incoming items are reported to the police so, I don't really worry too much about perpetuating the drug trade.