What a dumb suggestion.

Additionally, in the past month:
"This comment almost made me throw up in my mouth. Are you living under a rock?"
"This is the dumbest thing I've read on the internet this morning"
"You make no sense"

My goodness man. At what point in your emotional and cognitive development did you not acquire the skills to have reasonable discussions and constructive disagreement?

Ok, so you live in a condo/apt, where you going to fix your vehicle? Walmart parking lot, Can't do it in the condo parkade, where you going to keep the tools and pan for the old oil?  Most condos are not big enough to keep all your stuff in, and if you happen to be with a woman, there is no chance of having any spare space for tools.  Shoes and cloths will be jammed in every corner.

Buy a older used vehicle
I don't own a nice truck until I was over 40 ,even then it was a lease return
If it needs fixing , YouTube is always available and is a mountain of information .
Not everyone has 1000 dollars to fix there vehicle like you do .
Brakes , oil changes , simple things are always worth trying
The code scanner has a website that will tell you what's happening and what parts to buy , if you have the time and inclination you can figure it out .
Anyway the point being that we live in a instant gratification mindset now .
Our parents may have never owned a nice vehicle or lived in a brand new house .
They waited until they could afford it .
Having said that I see that the price of real estate has dropped down in the condo\apt space.
A good place to start for  1st time buyer .

    Missing the point again ,
Sure you can buy a new vehicle , along with the 600 dollar  payment and then complain that you have no money .
Lots of decent vehicles out there that can be fixed or driven on the cheap , its just the will to drive them .
 These also have a better insurance rate .
 As  for proprietary tools you can buy a code scanner that will tell you whats wrong with your vehicle .
Of the older vehicles , yes the lower mileage ones are the ones to buy .

You're not listening. Most of us don't have an issue with driving an older vehicle.
You must be a good mechanic. It's easy to sit back and talk about fixing your own vehicle if you are able to. The majority of people today have no means or idea of how to work and maintain vehicles that are new than 2000 or so.

As  for proprietary tools you can buy a code scanner that will tell you whats wrong with your vehicle .

A scanner doesn't fix your vehicle for you and many of the scanner codes are vague. You can punch a scanner code into google and 10 different 'maybes' come up. An average Joe isn't going to touch that. What a dumb suggestion.

    Missing the point again ,
Sure you can buy a new vehicle , along with the 600 dollar  payment and then complain that you have no money .
Lots of decent vehicles out there that can be fixed or driven on the cheap , its just the will to drive them .
 These also have a better insurance rate .
 As  for proprietary tools you can buy a code scanner that will tell you whats wrong with your vehicle .
Of the older vehicles , yes the lower mileage ones are the ones to buy .

The other factor is that the newer generation is less likely to drive a old junker and buy a old fixer upper in the burbs like I did . .

Answer for that is simple. The 1990s are over.
The days of fixing your own vehicles is all but over for the average Joe.
I'm useless at fixing vehicles, but back in the day..... even I could get my 90s Ford Ranger up and running when it broke down on a FSR. Those days of buying a cheap used vehicle and doing the maintenance and repairs yourself are over. Every vehicle newer than approx the year 2000 requires proprietary tools....some require multiple proprietary tools. When these newer vehicles break down....you're looking to start at 1000$ just to have the mechanic open the hood. The average Joe CANNOT fix most things on these newer vehicles....

So yeah....it's easier to just buy something new or with low mileage and have peace of mind. Why buy a 2005 beater when you are still going to pay through the nose to keep it running?

Yes, while I am convinced the financial barriers of home ownership is a significant factor in the post boomer generations slow adoption of traditional lifestyles  there are others as well. Pre-covid there was a lot of noise about how they valued "experiences" over possessions (hence the rejection of  home ownership for travel). Plus there is the growing gender divide; women approaching 30 to 40 interested in raising a family versus men addicted to avoiding commitment; the manosphere vs the new feminism and so on. Of course these values interact. If you can't afford a house and family concentrate your efforts on other values. BTW my son and girlfriend bought a condo in the center of Vancouver during the pandemic, both in their mid-30s. They really love it!

Good take , I hear my gen y\z kids saying this as well and I think it's just grousing about having to do what the adults did before them . The other factor is that the newer generation is less likely to drive a old junker and buy a old fixer upper in the burbs like I did . Agree that road to home  ownership can start with a condo .People who have worked for 40 + years are the ones driving better vehicles and living in homes that they have renovated . Where there's a will there's a way .

Since there's been no specific recommendations it might be an idea to check out website and phone some repair shops

This one in Langley feature sole replacements so I don't think it would be much different for them to do felts on wading shoes.

https://www.facebook.com/shoerepairbypark

I’m in the same position. My current boots are a pair of Korkers with interchangeable soles that are fine but have a pair of Simms G3 boots that I much prefer and are still in great shape but felt soles are completely worn.

I have read a few diy tutorials but would prefer to have them done by a cobbler or someone that has refelted them regularly to reduce the risks of being hiked in somewhere a long ways from the truck and dealing with a delaminated sole.

Any recommendations appreciated

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfd.14136