recommendations for tool set

[DonC]

I've got a Crescent set in a fold-over hard plastic case that I got from Costco for about $100.00 that stays in the trunk and takes up very little room. It's suitable for "most" roadside fixes. Have a separate home made "roll-up" soft carrier with special tools (flat nosed pliers, channel locks, safety wire pliers, large adjustable crescent, big honkin common screw drive that doubles as a pry bar, and a couple of other odds and ends that fits in the rear wheel well.
Have a bunch of special purpose/ seldom used and miscellaneous tools in the garage that have been picked up piecemeal over time along with a full set of heavy duty impact wrench sockets.
Over all I'd say you need a full set of sockets and box/open end wrenches that range from an inch down to 1/4 for all around maintenance.
DonC

[mpanten]

Dont cheap out on hand tools, other stuff you can get from Harbor freight but not the sockets, wrenches, pliers and screwdrivers. Craftsman are Ok, not great but ok, SK are a step up for not that much more. Kobalt are pretty good but they just recently started having them made in china, Snap on are absurdly priced, even on ebay. If look around on ebay you can find stuff from Matco and mac reasonably priced. ONe more I forgot, which is very similar to snap on that I like is JH williams, very good tools at reasonable prices, if I were starting over again thats what I would buy