Uh-oh, that's one of my hot buttons... Sorry for the rant, but:
Most of the Bosch platinum plugs are crap. The quality is terrible; they have problems with the speck of platinum falling out or bridging the gap completely, and some have had problems with the ceramic insulator breaking inside the chamber. I know a guy who lost a 944 engine that way. (Not cheap!)
The +4 and +2 plugs are the same stupid cheap piece-of-crap plug with three or one extra outer electrodes welded on. Stay away, stay far far far away!
One time I was stumped by a non-running car. I had the car dragged off to my mechanic to see WTF I had done that screwed it up. He replaced the new Bosch Platinum plugs with regular Bosch coppers, and it started right up and ran nicely.
I hate hate hate hate those things. Hate, I tell you!
OK, rant over. I feel better now.
-soD