Found: 10mm wrench

[conkitchen]

I think more than half the tools I own where someone else's left in cars I have breathed on.  

[visionaut]

[g_force]

Like @Lucky 7, I have found quite a few tools in my cars over the years.  Some that I've found were even tools that I hadn't lost.  😁

 

My best tool find was, indeed, a 10mm vintage Craftsman socket.  It was wedged in the crevice where the frame rail meets the firewall.  I still have that socket today.

[SydneyTii]

On 12/2/2023 at 7:36 AM, g_force said:

I still have that socket today.

So you think, but try finding it 😂😜

[Lucky 7]

Real question, who here would be prone to losing/forgetting a tool in a car?  My first project was a Moto Guzzi Eldorado resto and I spent more time looking for tools than using them. I’d set them down carelessly and it would take forever to find them. Since then, I force myself to put tools back when I’m done rather than set them down randomly. My 2002 project has been so much less frustrating. 😂 

[SydneyTii]

I restored a vw bug in a narrow 1 car garage it got so messy I couldnt find a thing, I eventually after hunting repeatedly for tools dragged the car out found all the tools cleaned them and stored them correctly, was a big self lesson not be a messy bastard and practice what I preached to my sparkie apprentices….

Do I still lose tools … totally, but if I find them they will be clean and have a home or in the neighbours pool ! 🙄

Edited December 6, 2023 by SydneyTii

[Son of Marty]

The 2 things I remember from when I got my A&P license is build your tool box so every tool has a nest so when the jobs done open all the drawers and make sure every slot is filled, the second thing is never put your name on your tools in case the first safety fails.

 

[Lucky 7]

9 minutes ago, Son of Marty said:

…the second thing is never put your name on your tools in case the first safety fails.

 

Or engrave them with your least favorite coworkers name?🤣

[Son of Marty]

10 minutes ago, Lucky 7 said:

Or engrave them with your least favorite coworkers name?🤣

Reminds me of a lawyer who was a total douche to me, so I took his card and went to the closest park and ride and left it under the wiper of a nice black Porsche with a note on the back that said "sorry I hit your car, call me and we'll work it out. All in all a great day.   

[conkitchen]

Whilst speaking of Charles Schulz's characters, like Pigpen, I just got a big ole box of even more tools from a friend the other day. Right after my post here. I now have at least 5 of everything.  Yeah for me, oh the irony!  

 

instead of outer box Bimmer renderings, I may start throwing in 10mm sockets or a random tool. 

 

see tag line below. 

Edited December 6, 2023 by conkitchen

[conkitchen]

3 minutes ago, Son of Marty said:

Reminds me of a lawyer who was a total douche to me, so I took his card and went to the closest park and ride and left it under the wiper of a nice black Porsche with a note on the back that said "sorry I hit your car, call me and we'll work it out. All in all a great day.   

Brilliant! 

[HobieDog]

21 hours ago, Lucky 7 said:

Real question, who here would be prone to losing/forgetting a tool in a car?  My first project was a Moto Guzzi Eldorado resto and I spent more time looking for tools than using them. I’d set them down carelessly and it would take forever to find them. Since then, I force myself to put tools back when I’m done rather than set them down randomly. My 2002 project has been so much less frustrating. 😂 

Oh man, me.  I more often have 1-2 hour chunks of time to work on my car vs longer 4+ hour time blocks.  So, I find that I’m tempted to maximize the time by leaving the tools right where they were so I don’t have to “waste time” getting them back out of the box again when I restart the project for another 1 hour block on the next day.  
 

We all know how that works out…as a result of this bad behavior I’ve (temporarily) lost a good chunk of tools and a ton of time.  Unlikely I saved any time, of course.  
 

I think the other piece of it is that I enjoy the actual work process more than I do the cleaning up and putting things away.  That just feels like a chore.   
 

Anyway, it’s a bad lifetime habit that’s been difficult to change.  
 

[Fishfan]

I found $140 in my underwear drawer yesterday that I don't remember putting there. 

[Buckeye]

On 11/24/2023 at 6:50 PM, 72pdx02 said:

I found this old screwdriver down in the nose of my car. I like to think Hanz dropped it there during assembly. (Doubtful) 

 

I am missing a screwdriver out of tool storage area of a new to me F10 535i. Willing to sell yours? 

 

 

[Fishfan]

On 12/6/2023 at 12:45 AM, Son of Marty said:

Reminds me of a lawyer who was a total douche to me, so I took his card and went to the closest park and ride and left it under the wiper of a nice black Porsche with a note on the back that said "sorry I hit your car, call me and we'll work it out. All in all a great day.   

I should have done this to my ex-wife's lawyer.