Most Expensive Mistakes In All History – Part 5

Time for more of the most expensive mistakes in all of history!

Legal Stuff.

[TyrantOFynder]

That Bugatti lake swim was the perfect blackmail situation. 😂

[BrysonandNoah]

Nah the worst mistake is backtalking your mom when you're 8

[icecreamtruckog]

The WV diesel cheat was discovered by some collage students and did not have a standard test rig and put all the testing equipment inside the car and drove it on the street. The program reduced the power and emissions when only the drive wheels were spinning and the other wheels were stationary. So technically it was reducing emissions but only during the test.

[JuliusRobinson-nx]

"the structural integrity of the ship has everything to do with you" was the most hilarious and favourites part of mine

[mickeyfilmer]

During the Hoover free flights offer, I bought a Hoover Vacuum Cleaner for £109, got the voucher and prmpltly sold the Hoover to my next door neighbour for £90 and ended up with the flights.

[bobthegoat]

I know the captain with the oil spill deserves blame, but common we need some kind of EU law that says you can't refuse a leaking oil tanker help, just because you are afraid of the mess. The countries must have known it would become worse the longer they couldn't dock.

[Moonsfire]

"When the jar of peanut butter goes crashing to the floor, then gets mooshed into the carpet by the kid that lives next door. Don't reach for the broom and dust pan or that old Electrolux. Reach for Hoover....it really sucks!" -- commercial for Hoover written by Barry Manilow 😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

[ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

Sucks for that truck driver being off-roaded by spandex-wearers!

[jaymiller]

The Volkswagen clean diesel scandal was a little more complicated than indicated in this video. Standardized testing such as that done by the EPA, or cities with their own smog emissions testing would all indicate that everything was fine and the emissions were well within acceptable limits.

What happened was three college students conducted their own testing with the vehicles while the vehicles were actually driving on roads rather than stationary and hooked up to a testing device. For example, the cheat software built into the cars would greatly limit the emissions of the vehicle if various sensors detected that the vehicle wasn’t moving but the engine was under load- as what happens during all standardized testing. Once the sensors realized the vehicle was moving (everyday driving) it allowed the engine to produce emissions that were exponentially higher than allowed. This is why their engineering seemed so amazing at the time. They were seemingly able to get all the benefits of a diesel; great fuel economy and plenty of power, without the extremely high emissions.

Despite it being proven that the upper echelon of Volkswagen’s engineering and executive personnel knew all about it, no one spent a day in prison for it.

[anshaar.]

Wait... When a 747 falls off a train it doesn't go "boeing boeing!"

[freshnorthwest]

That Bugatti story is hilarious and im glad someone was filming! Great seeing a rich liar get caught and held accountable!

[TimeCapsuleRewind]

The story about the Boeing 737s getting scrapped because of a train derailment is jaw-dropping! 😱 It’s a stark reminder of how one oversight can lead to astronomical losses. Great video compiling these stories. It really puts into perspective the domino effect in these situations.

[sal]

The EPS didn't discover the VW dieselgate scandal. It was college students who discovered it by accident while real world testing mileage.

[bobthegoat]

The Volkswagen crisis really got to me. Imagine just how many previous awful things they would have gotten away with to get the confidence to sell many thousandths of cars with literal evidence of fraud inside all the cars.

[corntrooper]

Sometimes companies end up greedy and end up losing everything

[nomusicrc]

"I didn't see no pelican" So you saw a pelican because I didn't see a pelican

[shaylaburr]

11:49 I actually worked for the Volkswagen buyback program for the Canadian customers department. It took over a year, maybe two, to fix that problem.

[lovingmayberry]

Shame on the Bugatti owner, but THREE YEARS IN PRISON??? There are s*x offenders who've gotten less! Our judicial system needs an overhaul.

[ZaneKnoxx]

I hope the inspector gets fired because they would clearly not very good at their job

[Mutantgamer]

When they were starting production on the first Star Wars movie, George Lucas negotiated with Fox studios that he would have a smaller salary in exchange for 2 things:
1. Be in charge of future instalments
2. The merchandising rights
Fox studios agreed since they didnt have much faith in that movie. Needless to say, you can imagine how much money they just gave up to Lucas.