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Here's a German automotive technician. He uses a impact wrench only to loosen nuts and bolts. He threads them back on with a ratchet and then finally torques to spec with a torque wrench.

Germans use torque wrenches. Every time. Only Americans use "guud-n-tite".

Here's an earlier video of him using an impact wrench to reassemble a transmission. This was before he was editing those parts out.

I don't know about you, but I would rather trust a precision measuring instrument rather than a imprecise hammering device for reassembling just to save a few seconds that would cause problems down the road.

There's a YouTuber called "Curmudgeon Transmission" who is rebuilding a A140E transmission for a 1999 Toyota Camry. It's nice that he does list torque specs on-screen, but he tightens every nut and bolt with a 500 foot-pound impact wrench. He edits out the part that he uses the impact, but he...