I buy cars far away and drive them home, and drive my classic cars far away.
In recent memory:
When I bought my 1985 MB 190D, I brought a multimeter, my SK 1/4” drive shallow and deep socket set, and a roll of stahlwille ratcheting wrenches. And a Vlair 88p air pump.
The one thing I wanted/needed, a 6mm wrench (to raise idle a bit) didn’t work because it was too fat. Lesson learned, bring standard wrenches. This is an emergency use thing after all.
When we drove my 1991 MB 350SD out to the HPL event, I streamlined a bit. I brought:
Set of snap on mid length 1/4” drive metric sockets and an extension and universal, stahlwille non ratcheting wrench set, 8-19 plus Armstrong 6mm, multimeter, snap on ratcheting screwdriver, cheap exchangeable but screwdriver. All in a US made Klein tools bag. Very compact.
I’d go with something like the latter.
If there are special tools that experience suggests might be needed, think about them. But less kind of is more. I figure in the age of Uber, there really isn’t much of a situation, even in semi desolate spots out west, where you couldn’t get some additional regukar tools in a pinch. Carrying too much heavy stuff doesn’t do many favors.
What are your thoughts on a sufficient yet minimalist road trip tool bag to bring on longer trips just in case. Space is a premium, smaller is better. I think at minimum: - multimeter - multi-bit ratcheting screwdriver - pliers (regular, needle nose, channel????) - non ratcheting wrench...
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