What is the most expensive thing that you have personally broken? Anything goes - household item, vehicle or component, tool or item at work, body part, your own or some one else's. Bonus points if you have broken the same thing more than once!
Most Expensive Thing That You Have Broken
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The most expensive thing I have broken was the speed limit! $400!
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Broke my BMW when I was in my teens... 25k in damage... needless to say it was totalled
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Does tearing the door off of a new corvette count? wasn't mine btw.
besides that.....destroying motors, axles, drive shafts, frames... shouldn't count. Shredded tires and body panels are just part of rock wheeling so, that's normal maintenance. They would get me bonus points for "multiple times though".
Broken bank account for the above mentioned items???
Gawd, good one. drawing a blank here.
besides that.....destroying motors, axles, drive shafts, frames... shouldn't count. Shredded tires and body panels are just part of rock wheeling so, that's normal maintenance. They would get me bonus points for "multiple times though".
Broken bank account for the above mentioned items???
Gawd, good one. drawing a blank here.
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Well on my person it would definitely be the result of a motorcycle crash, detached foot bone from leg bone, cracked three ribs and a thumb, north of $25k in repairs to the body, $500 to the bike which was still rideable. did not repeat the crash, but did get to repeat the surgery on the ankle 15 years later as the fix on the ankle failed for another $28k if that counts for a repeat lol As far as vehicle travel off road my pride has taken a few hits over the years.. I.e. hold my soda and watch me....lol
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I crashed my brand-new 2016 Ducati Monster 821 the day I bought it. That sucked...Definitely my most expensive oopsie.
Overlanding/off-roading specific: Can't really think of an expensive breakage - mostly just maintenance charges.
Overlanding/off-roading specific: Can't really think of an expensive breakage - mostly just maintenance charges.
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3208? I loved that engine. nothing quite like an old cat V8
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OK I'll play - a long time ago, (1979) in a place far far away, (Huntington Beach) I was operating a 12-14 ton IR street roller doing a large job on Beach Blvd. An inspector insisted that I cross roll each end of the job. I told him that's what the little roller is for. He insisted. I radioed my boss. He said go ahead. The inspector insisted on being the guy on the ground and waved off my guy. (Hey, we were all just kids to him.) As he was signaling me slowly forward a look of horror filled his eyes, he backed me off quickly, just about that time water shot up high into the air. I'd broken off a fire hydrant. The hydrant itself wasn't all that expensive, but the inspector had us pave over the shut off. It took hours to shut it off, meanwhile well over 100,000 dollars in damage to all the businesses down in the strip mall. Miraculously I didn't get fired, Vern, the owner/boss stood by my side. Fought it with the city, the inspector was fired, HB insurance footed the bill. Best employer ever.
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Turned a HUMVEE into a crack head. Managed to tear a wheel off a HUMVEE. Had to replace all the Ballistic glass in another HUMVEE because I didn't dodge fast enough. Had the coms system in a HUMVEE get fried because I didn't double check my soldier's wiring job and it shorted out. Got Divorced
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I once broke a brand-new TV while trying to mount it on the wall. I misjudged the bracket placement, and it fell face-first onto the floor. The screen shattered instantly. To make it worse, this happened twice! The first time, I blamed it on the instructions. The second time, I had no excuse—just pure bad luck. I learned to always double-check measurements and use a proper mount. Now, I’m extra careful with anything fragile. It was a costly lesson, but I’ll never forget it.
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Whoops.
That was actually my buddy driving and not me. But the first time I took my brand new Jeep Gladiator to AOAA in PA I backed into a tree and needed a total bed replacement.
That was actually my buddy driving and not me. But the first time I took my brand new Jeep Gladiator to AOAA in PA I backed into a tree and needed a total bed replacement.
a few years before the deepwater horizon incident in the gulf of mexico, i was senior supervisor on the ROV crew on the deepwater millennium (sister drillship of the horizon) and i did a launch in 9200' of water when a giant wave hit the ROV right as it entered the water and the shock load parted the umbilical and the whole ROV plummeted to the bottom. its a $3,000,000 piece of gear not to mention that the drillship then had to go on standby for a few days since they couldnt operate without the ROV monitoring the wellhead on bottom. the day rate for the rig and crews onboard was around a million a day...so that was about a 6-7 million dollar screw up. back then, the average cost to bring in a well in that depth of water was around $70 million up to around $100 million.
and like any good oil company would do...they just passed that cost onto the end user...
and like any good oil company would do...they just passed that cost onto the end user...
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