I stopped buying them when I couldn't afford them anymore.
I had a small set of snap-on and carried them with me in my car. At
some point I realized that they were too valuable to carry around and I
needed to buy more so I would have a full set of metrics. I also
realized that some tools other than snap-on had increased their quality
enough that I would be happy using them. I picked up various Sears sets
on sale until I had what I needed to carry in my car. If I lost them it
would not be such a loss as losing snap-on tools.
When I started working on cars in 1970 I became a tool snob. I would
see various tool brands that weren't made very well, they wouldn't fit
the fasteners well, they were crude and clunky, etc. By contrast
snap-on tools were sleek and trim, but very strong, and they fit the
fasteners well. I did not want to use anything else. Well 25 years
later I find that Sears tools are still more crude and clunky than
snap-on, but they were strong enough and fit the fasteners well enough.
I might not use them if I was still a full time mechanic, but they work
OK for my occasional use.
> I stopped buying Snap On Tools, when they stopped their warranty
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