Everybody fails from time to time, and some of these fails are unfortunately quite expensive .
Maybe you’ve had a tree fall on your house or seen your insurance deductible go up due to some unforeseen event. But some of these fails are so epic that they go beyond the ordinary.
“No passenger was harmed in the making of this error.”
It’s important to note that this is in Ireland, where the driver sits on the right. If there’d been a passenger in this car, it’s hard to imagine they wouldn’t have been hurt.
“When the driver education car decides to park on top.”
I cringe when I think of the terrible driving I did during my driver’s ed instruction, but I can feel good about never pulling a stunt like this.
“This pillar was straight last week. This is the first floor of a seven-floor building.”
Yeah, I hope the owners of this building have good insurance. More importantly, I hope they evacuate this place, because it seems to be going down.
“It was glued.”
I think the ‘it was glued’ heading is a joke, but at the same time, I don’t see any way that this facade was properly connected to the building behind it.
“Oof size : Venti.”
The problem with having lots of expensive stuff is that sometimes these failures will involve multiple high-end toys, compounding the cost.
“Thought crashing just your Beamer was bad enough?”
I don’t really understand how anyone gets into a collision in an underground parking garage, let alone a three-car collision, but here we are.
“Ordered sushi for delivery.. I got GarageHub instead. They said ‘Sorry for the inconvenience, here is a 20% discount for your next order. Must be used within 30 days.'”
I like getting my delivery sent right to my front door, but I don’t want it driven directly into my living room.
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“A fire on a private jet hangar triggered the foam extinguisher system.”
I’ve always wanted to see that fire retardant foam get deployed. This is a still image, but I can still live vicariously through it.
“$28 million Sikorsky MH-60S.”
I’m guessing the pilot of this helicopter got grounded, or at least a stern talking-to, shortly after this pic was taken.
“Not as expensive as some of the stuff we see here, but the angle of the photo is great.”
The angle of this photo is great. If you can mentally remove the surroundings, it almost looks like a car driving along the road.
“Pro-tip: When transporting paint makes sure it is properly secured. Especially if you are driving in a $90,000 Maserati.”
I think an even better pro tip would be to just not transport anything in your $90,000 Maserati. I wouldn’t even want to drink a coffee in a car that expensive.
“The SS Princess May was a steamship built in 1888. The ship is best known for grounding in 1910, which left the ship sticking completely out of the water.”
Here’s proof that catastrophic, expensive fails go way back. Grounding a ship in this way is a truly impressive feat.
“A Mclaren 600LT went off on the Dragon at Deals Gap yesterday.”
I’m kind of impressed that this car didn’t slide all the way into the ravine. It looks like it can be salvaged, but it probably won’t be cheap.
“Things got a little out of hand while cooking breakfast yesterday.”
RVs are awesome, but they’ve got thin, lightweight walls…the kind of walls that will just up and disappear if you have a breakfast fire.
“Supercar storage in Cheshire burned down..”
You really don’t want a garage that’s exclusively full of supercars to burn down, because that’s millions and millions and millions of dollars of value getting destroyed.
“Part of a Boeing 777 engine fell off while flying and landed in a yard.”
I’m getting strong Donnie Darko vibes from this image. Fortunately in this case, the aircraft debris missed the house.
“Cars frozen from seawater arriving to Vladivostok port.”
The corrosive nature of salt makes it bad for cars. Getting encased in an icy tomb of frozen salt water is even worse, I’d imagine.
“Got a little windy today.”
We live in a world if gigantic signs in front of gas stations, fast food restaurants, and virtually every other kind of commercial establishment. Sometimes, they fall down.
“I’ve been running a payloader for 20 years.”
It’s the age-old question: in a battle between a concrete barricade and a minivan, who would win? The answer is the concrete, definitively.
