How to afford automotive equipment when starting a repair shop?

Like anything we have to makes some investments to start a buisness , Rule of thumb, its not the tools that get the work it's the work thst gets the work, start out right your customers trust you with their lives and their children's. 

As far as startup for a shop. Tools to get started. Diagnostic yiu ge from tool man on payments along with other tools.  The tool men have weekly payments abd all the tools you need.  I