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[TheBoy]

A 16" breaker bar is going to seriously struggle on overtightened wheel nuts and other large bolts.
I would suggest 24" is a minimum requirement(readliy available), and a 30" is well worth considering; I would not be without mine!
The Halfords stuff is decent quality for everyday use, the only reason I've just retired my 10 year old 3/8&ratchet spanner set is that I wanted to combine it and the 1/2 set into one box. That's the 150 piece set we've been talking about. It's also sensibly priced; if it's stolen/lost etc, it's not too painful to replace.

The only thing I've struggled with using a 16" is crank pulley bolts and hub nuts but I find larger bars are too unwieldy to use on most jobs.  Each to his own, of course, but I would still recommend a 16", if you're going to have one. Of course, nothing to stop you having a 30" one in addition, but I'd suggest it would only get occasional use.

I agree, I'm with Old Man Wood (Old as in 40yrs old ).  A smaller one gets more use. Although I have a bigger one for the tight buggers...

[JamesV6CDX]

Im told the 150 pc Advance Set at 1/2 price plus 10% off online with some nice offers should be around Easter, if that helps, not that far away, sign up on line or ask nicely at your local Halfraulds they should know about promo's a few weeks in advance.

An excellent tool kit for the money. I bought one to put in the boot when we go on holiday. I can only think of a couple of extra tools to add to it. A Torque Wrench, selection of screw drivers and the breaker bar which I think the longer the better 

Along with a 19mm crows foot socket, a couple of adaptors to go between 3/4 and 1/2 inch drives. And in the newer one, there is no socket Driven T40 - which is needed for removing the inlet on the later V6's - so a 3/8 T40 is a good addition to pop in.

Less essential, but still desirable, is a 1/2 drive E20 for turning the crank when doing cambelts, and a 12mm alan key bit on a socket (for the newer canister type oil filter bolt (hollow one holding it to the block).

Agree with Daz - well worth the money. I have one I regularly use

[Kevin Wood]

A 16" breaker bar is going to seriously struggle on overtightened wheel nuts and other large bolts.
I would suggest 24" is a minimum requirement(readliy available), and a 30" is well worth considering; I would not be without mine!
The Halfords stuff is decent quality for everyday use, the only reason I've just retired my 10 year old 3/8&ratchet spanner set is that I wanted to combine it and the 1/2 set into one box. That's the 150 piece set we've been talking about. It's also sensibly priced; if it's stolen/lost etc, it's not too painful to replace.

The only thing I've struggled with using a 16" is crank pulley bolts and hub nuts but I find larger bars are too unwieldy to use on most jobs.  Each to his own, of course, but I would still recommend a 16", if you're going to have one. Of course, nothing to stop you having a 30" one in addition, but I'd suggest it would only get occasional use.

I agree, I'm with Old Man Wood (Old as in 40yrs old ).  A smaller one gets more use. Although I have a bigger one for the tight buggers...

A distant memory now, sadly.