I did my first one. The shop was so well organized. We took 4 1/2 hours to complete the shop, though, because this dealer was owned/co-owned by another similar car dealership and they shared tools. They were located on a lot with about 6 buildings and we had to walk back and forth between them a few times to get some of the tools, take photos, and get records. The tool cabinet, though, was immaculately organized! They had 2015 mats, but everything was in it's place and the dealer was only missing about 4 tools out of EVERYTHING on the list. One of the machines was on order and their calibration records were meh-- but I took photos of invoices. They kept invoices for bills and payments to calibration techs so that was good. My next one/final one is tomorrow. I can only hope they are organized! Oh, and the first place had a company lunch so everyone was taking their lunch break. I did not see any instructions on how to handle this, so after about 2.5 hours, I also took a lunch break while the service manager ate. He didn't have to waste a day with me, but they scheduled him an extra hand that day so that he could spend the entire time with me checking for the audit. He had his own copy of the tool sheet and had already been through auditing his cabinet himself. Great guy! Now PLEASE let me second one go well. Oh, and they don't mention this, but when there are 4-6 mechanics in the garage, some tools will be IN USE haha but the manager was on top of himself and his staff.
And to the person who recommended a step ladder, THANK YOU. I am not a short woman, but I couldn't get good photos of the top 3-4 drawers even at 5'7". The step ladder was great! And the garage offered me a larger ladder to use too. The boots were unnecessary, however, I feel like if I had not worn them, I would have looked like I didn't think through being in a garage. The entire staff had on boots. I took the boots with me and put them on in the parking lot so I didn't have to drive in them.