Why are fire engines so cheap? | Paul Clarke's blog

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Sun Mar 24

Just read an article on Hacker News¹ about someone buying a fire engine and look, I could get one² for what we paid for our Fiesta...

I've been dreaming about buying a Land Rover for a few weeks now, should I buy a fire engine instead?

Removed old news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5432962 link here.
Removed old ebay.co.uk/itm/VERY-RARE-1990-H-REG-VOLVO-FL-6-FIRE-ENGINE-FINISHED-IN-RED-NO-V-A-T-/221203859526?&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&siteid=3&campid=5335822550&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3380c70846 link here.

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