3 Reasons to Use Genuine Skoda Accessories and Parts

When you purchase a car, it’s a significant investment, for many people it may be the largest purchase that they ever make. If you decide to add accessories or need to replace parts, it’s important to use pieces that are engineered to work with your car. This will ensure that they are tested rigorously and have met Skoda's safety, quality and performance standards. This will help to protect your investment because fitting non genuine parts can compromise your entire system. Let's’ take a closer look at three reasons why you should only ever use genuine Skoda parts and accessories.

1. Superior Engineering

We have seen a spate of cases here in Australia of counterfeit parts being sold as genuine. These parts are usually a little cheaper, but they are simply copies and will not stand up to any real test. It should come as no surprise that these fake parts fail earlier that genuine parts and are unsafe to use. A car is a complete system, and poor quality parts can affect how well connected parts work and shorten their useful lifespan. Fitting fake parts may seem like good financial sense at the time, but the actual cost of fitting them may be far higher in the medium to long term.

2. Parts Performance

A part may look genuine, but the quality goes far further than skin deep. The fake part may even work OK under certain normal operation, but it will not have the tolerances necessary to work under other pressures. A prime example of this would be a vehicular collision where a fake part would most likely fail. If this is a non critical part, it could be an annoyance, but in other cases, it could make a crash far worse and result in a casualty or even a fatality.

3. Good Financial Sense

Genuine equipment lasts longer because it’s engineered to higher tolerances and designed to work with the other systems and parts in the Skoda car. Many people judge the value of a car by how many kilometres of driving they can get out of it before it finally is uneconomical to fix. The world record holder for running a vehicle is Irvin Gordon with 5 million kilometres driven in a 50 years old Volvo P1800, and it should come as no surprise that he only ever used genuine parts in his car.

If you’re in the market for some genuine Skoda genuine accessories and parts, contact us here at Skoda Perth. We have a large selection of aftermarket  Skoda accessories available. If you book your car in for a service, we only ever use genuine Skoda parts or designated alternatives. Our staff is standing by to offer advice on servicing and accessories, and they can answer any other questions that you may have.