Where do most car accidents occur?

Many people assume that most accidents happen on the open highways, the potential drowsiness or repetitiveness of a long drive causing most accidents. You may be surprised to know that in fact most accidents occur within 40 kilometres from home. Experts think the relaxation that comes from driving a familiar route lulls us into a…

Damaging A Courtesy Car

At Acorn, we deal with car accidents everyday. It’s our business. And every year we deal with thousands of customers who have been in a car accident and who need our assistance. We have spoken extensively on this blog about the service Acorn provides to those who are involved in a car accident, and particularly…

Courtesy Car Breakdown

What can be just as frustrating as a car accident is when your vehicle breaks down, especially when you are in a hurry and on your way to something important. It can be the difference between a good week and a bad week. At Acorn, we provide complimentary courtesy cars to those who are involved…

Courtesy Car Entitlement

Being involved in a car accident isn’t fun, and sometimes it’s downright dreadful. What can make it worse is if you’re car is damaged in the accident and needs repairing or replacing, leaving you without a vehicle for a sometimes extended period of time. This is especially frustrating when you’re not the person who caused…

Crashing A Courtesy Car

What if you are involved in a car accident while you’re driving one of our courtesy cars? It’s a reasonable question to ask and there have been many instances where our customers have had an accident while driving one of our courtesy vehicles. This is understandable given that a Crash Index report released by AAMI…

Courtesy Car Fuel

In this article we will take you through our courtesy car policy as it relates to fuel. However, before we delve into that, we thought we would explore the different petrol grades that are currently available on the market and explain why you might use one grade over another. We’ve all rolled up to the…

Driving A Courtesy Car

We have talked at length about the courtesy vehicles we offer at Acorn Rentals and the simple process you can go through to drive away in a like-for-like courtesy vehicle today (for free if the accident you were involved in was not your fault) In this article we will talk about you driving a courtesy…