wel,been through this a couple of months ago.The plugs on that site that are
3.45 each are not platinum.They lack the letter "p"in fron of the
number.That "p"stands for platinum,
With that said,they are reccommended for that car,but not being platinum
means you have to change them more often.
I put non platinum in my 2001 ex-v6,and find no difference...they just wont
last as long,but 100,000 kms shouldn't be a problem.
check this site out

http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/apps/ca...uv/results.asp
"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in message
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> "Jason" <jason@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:jason-1905052040390001@pm1-broad-125.snlo.dialup.fix.net...
> >I visited the Honda Parts Department and asked the person behind the
> > counter to give me the price of Platium Spark Plugs that would fit in my
> > vehicle. I have a 1999 Honda Accord EX (4 cyld.). He told me the part
> > number of the plugs that I needed:
> > PZFR5F-11
> > He told me that the price per plug was $21.30 and the price for 4 plugs
> > was $85.20. I thought this was too much money to pay for spark plugs. I
> > called a auto store and they told me they charged about the same price
for
> > those same plugs but could sell me other platium spark plugs made by
> > another company that cost less than $5.00 per plug. Why do the platium
> > spark plugs mentioned above cost so much more than other platium plugs?
> > Are they special made for Honda vehicles?
> >
> Good question. A Google search brought up much lower prices, like $3.45
each
> for genuine NGK PZFR5F-11 plugs at
> http://www.pennysaverautos.com/autoparts/ignition/
>
> Mike
>
>