# Anyone bought American PLATINUM tires?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-bought-american-platinum-tires/43487>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 30, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-bought-american-platinum-tires/43487 "2010-01-30T19:10:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Davide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/258eb7/32.png) [@Davide](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Davide)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-bought-american-platinum-tires/43487/1 "2010-01-30T19:10:50Z")

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The two short reponses I got in  
  
 mid-December didn’t help much, so I’ll try again: I’m thinking of buying 2 “American PLATINUM” tires (made in USA by Cooper) for my little '92 Mazda Protege from a Belle Tire store here in Michigan. [Tirerack.com](http://Tirerack.com) doesn’t sell or rate them, so I know nothing of their quality. Has anyone  
  
 bought these?

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-bought-american-platinum-tires/43487/2 "2010-01-30T19:14:58Z")

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It’s a private label tire (there are hundreds like it) that provides competing tire dealers with brand protection. “Shelf Space” is another term…They will equal the quality of other Cooper tires…The word platinum is just marketing hype.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-bought-american-platinum-tires/43487/3 "2010-01-30T19:17:04Z")

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try the 1010tires website

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**Author:** ![jayhawkroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jayhawkroy/32/33_2.png) [@jayhawkroy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jayhawkroy)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-bought-american-platinum-tires/43487/4 "2010-01-30T19:18:51Z")

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The one review I found on [tiretest.com](http://tiretest.com) wasn’t very complimentary. Overall rated less than one star out of five.

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**Author:** ![mshugna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@mshugna](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mshugna)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-bought-american-platinum-tires/43487/5 "2010-01-30T19:29:03Z")

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Safety first…why not buy a top rated tire and not worry about quality…see tirerack web site