When buying a new automobile, you should endeavor to get a few basic auto repair tools alongside it.
The first way you stand to benefit from having such basic car repair tools is that, armed with them, you won’t have to go rushing to the garage to have every basic mechanical problem sorted. The truth of the matter is that cars are ‘mechanical beings’ and it is inevitable that they break down from time to time; however carefully they are looked after. Yet some of these breakdowns are really things that you can sort out on your own; if only you have the right tools.
Among the procedures for which you don’t really need to go running to a mechanic are things like spark plug replacements, air and fuel filter replacements as well as engine oil changes. In most cases, all you need to perform these are the right (very basic) auto repair tools; and just a bit of common sense!
In most places, it should not be hard to find the said basic car repair tools. The stores that deal in car accessories are a good place to look for the tools, but many supermarkets also stock them nowadays. There are even some innovative vendors who have put together all the basic car repair tools a typical motorist could ever need into simple packages (typically referred to as home repair DIY kits) that you can benefit from. With these, the need to go shopping ‘bit by bit’ is done away with. Some of these kits even come with detailed tutorials, complete with illustrations; to help you understand how to make use of the tools therein.
Incidentally, the specific auto repair tools we are looking at here include things like screwdrivers, a set of wrenches, breaker bars and, of course, sturdy gloves (the sort that is suitable for mechanical purposes). These are things you should have in your car at all times. More importantly, these are things whose correct usage you should have a basic knowledge of.
Take note that this advice applies to all motorists, including the owners of the modern ‘computerized’ cars; who have often been misled to believe that since their cars are modern and sophisticated, they don’t need any knowledge of DIY auto repair. When all is said and done, every car owner needs to go under the bonnet sometime, and there is no way you will do this successfully if you don’t have the requisite tools.
