I've got a mix of Britool, Half%r$s (I'm an FE/VX fan as well and can't type the Blue Oval's name out in full), Kamasa and a lot of American kit - mainly Sears Roebuck's "Craftsman" range with lifetime guarantee, about which they're serious: ratchet repair kits which have everything but the handle cost a cent each over the counter!
I've also obtained from a US trip a "Sidewinder" Ratchet - 3/8" drive with a T-handle that you twist to drive the head - it's ideal for those bolts you can see, get a socket on but can't turn a ratchet handle on - I'll post a photo as soon as I re-locate it and the camera!

I bought a 42 piece draper socket set new years eve for my 240. first socket set i have aver had. i still borrow my dads. best i could afford.

http://www.partridges.uk.com/catalog...roducts_id=902

And this morning my girlfriend came home with a 1ft-2ft extendable wheel wrench, and it works really well. cost her £1!! M&S sale!!


http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...heelwrench.jpg

disk cutter ?:star:
i'v yet to find a decent broken stud remover and rounded nut undoer yet but the most usefull tool i have is long/deep sockets! got some in half inch but looking for a set of 1/4 3/8ths drive.
another great "tool" is those boxed allen and torx straight err keys with the sockets to fit your socket handle you can put more welly on them than the bent ones.

the set of allen keys mentioned earlier are great but saddly missing for some strange reason 7mm which my golf has aplenty ,i cannot find a single 7mm of the same type to add to the set to make up the deficiancy

Bargain! I got one a little while back when Lidl were selling some for £3. Some of the best money I spent last year as a week or so later I got a puncture on the M26 at about 0530 one November morning on the way to the channel tunnel. This made everything so much easier than trying to stand on the one supplied by Volvo to undo the wheelnuts.

If they're going for £1 in M&S, I'll be buying a couple more to keep in the other cars.