Have removed the drive plate from the back of the crank to renew the rear main oil seal.

I have just found out that the bolts need to be replaced with new ones at a cost of $80

Has anyone reused the old bolts?

What about going to a bolt shop and getting normal high tensile bolts. This is what cars used to use with out any problems.

Frankly, these modern cars using all these single use bolts is giving me the ****s.

It just adds so much cost to a job. Old cars never used these type bolts and never had any problems caused by re-using bolts.