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Just a couple of thoughts regarding a fair number of the bolts in our 928's....the first thought is many of them are dead soft screw machine steel, or something very close, metallurgically speaking. Water pump screws would be a good example.

Second thought has to do with the miss mash of heads, slotted here, Phillips there, Allen head where most likely to get full of junk, torx someplace else, a few 4x3's tossed in, 12 point hex, 6 point hex heads elsewhere. Little rhyme or reason applied to the selection, other than in the 4x3's holding the flywheel and the 12 point rod nuts. Allen head bolts in the seat rails come to mind, full of dirt, dead soft, often subject to water, sand, etc etc....In two cars i have had to drill out 3 of those.....

Just an unpleasant surprise at the variation of fasteners and the low quality of many.....and the use of lesser reliable styles in places that are already hard to access and prone to collecting dirt or rust or corrosion....and things like the water pump bolts that enter the water jacket....

End of complaints….just felt the need to vent.....for very expensive cars Porsche cut some corners...I guess I should quit complaining, they could have used phillips everywhere!