Whenever I talk about using the wrong tool, my example is most often a hammer.

My grandma used to say "You can't fry an egg with a hammer."

That was right before we put her in the old folk's home.

I hope you got that hammer away from her before doing so.

that makes no sense, wyscan. a hammer is always the right tool for the job.

Except frying eggs.

I need to get me pants like his.
(see last claim)

My standard examples for a more expensive tools that does less are:
* 120gr glossy coated toilet paper
* Apple products (for people with more money than brains)

My standard example for a tool that's too cheap to do a proper job is a cobalt bomb: cheaper, but where's the style?