Wait, two repairs cost you $90 on a cheap drill? That's more than the drill itself probably cost you. I rented a tile saw once for a weekend and it was $60, but it cut like butter, no mess ups. The math on that contractor dude is weirdly specific but he might be onto something. I still own my drill though, because drills are the one thing I use every few months for random fixing. But yeah, $90 in repairs on a budget tool? That would've made me switch teams too.

Exactly, the permit cap is the ceiling but the real issue is the culture. Stricter limits would just make it a lottery of the lucky few, so maybe the better move is enforcing quiet hours and banning speakers outright instead of turning the trail into an exclusive club.

Honestly that bubble level owes me an apology for every project I've trusted it on.