{"id":6273,"date":"2009-05-25T23:59:41","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T03:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/?p=6273"},"modified":"2009-05-25T23:59:41","modified_gmt":"2009-05-26T03:59:41","slug":"buy-a-fire-engine-for-500-happy-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/buy-a-fire-engine-for-500-happy-memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy a Fire Engine For $500 &#8211; Happy Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Happy Memorial Day to everyone.<\/b> I am going to take a break from writing about credit cards for a couple of days. In fact, this post is a little whacky so please do not take this seriously. Today, we attended the Memorial Day parade at our township. Our kids rode on a fire engine with the Church Youth group. Below are some pics from the parade.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireengine4.jpg\" alt=\"fireengine4\" title=\"fireengine4\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6288\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireengine1.jpg\" alt=\"fireengine1\" title=\"fireengine1\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6289\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireengine2.jpg\" alt=\"fireengine2\" title=\"fireengine2\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6290\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireengine31.jpg\" alt=\"fireengine31\" title=\"fireengine31\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6292\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What was really interesting was when I found out that the fire engine was actually owned by someone I knew! Now, for as long as there are personal finance bloggers, there will always be a post about whether to  a new or used car,  or lease, pay cash or take a loan, yadi yadi ya. Here is just a sample of post about ing cars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedigeratilife.com\/blog\/index.php\/2007\/07\/31\/do-you--new-or-used-cars-10-popular-reasons-to--new\/\">10 Reasons to  a new car!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblemoneymatters.com\/2008\/11\/we-bought-a-new-car-this-weekend.html\">Bible Money Matters tells us about his car purchase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally, a post about <a href=\"http:\/\/manvsdebt.com\/67-ways-not-to-sell-a-car\/\">selling cars<\/a> gets on the front page of Digg and brings you a flood of visitors!<\/p>\n<p>But, here&#8217;s one idea. How about <b> ing a FIRE ENGINE for $500<\/b>. Yes, that fire engine in the pictures costs just $500! An friend of mine Tom bought it last month for $500! Yes, only $500!<\/p>\n<p>But why  one?<\/p>\n<li>nobody has them! Lots of people have vintage cars. John Travolta collects MIGs. So why not collect some antique fire engines<\/li>\n<li>It is a sure ticket to get into a memorial parade &#8211; why watch when you can participate in your own fire engine!<\/li>\n<li>They will probably be a decent investment &#8211; alright, you won&#8217;t strike gold with it but lik vintage cars, they surely will hold some value<\/li>\n<li>Your kids can brag about it!<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s only $500 &#8211; what do you have to lose?<\/li>\n<p>There are obviously a couple of things to be aware off. You need a place to park it. If you have a decent size house with a long driveway, why not? You also need to know (or know someone) who can fix the engine if it breaks down. <\/p>\n<p>In fact, if you head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.ebay.com\/?_from=R40&#038;_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&#038;_nkw=antique+fire+engines&#038;_sacat=See-All-Categories\">ebay<\/a> right now, there&#8217;s a vintage 1965 fire engine going for $2500 (a little pricey!).<\/p>\n<p>What say you? Would you  a fire engine for $500?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Memorial Day to everyone. I am going to take a break from writing about credit cards for a couple of days. In fact, this post is a little whacky so please do not take this seriously. Today, we attended the Memorial Day parade at our township. 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