> any normal fire engine costing more than $1,000,000 just leaves me gob-smacked. Even $500,000 would seem outlandish to me No, they said 500k would also be ou

> any normal fire engine costing more than $1,000,000 just leaves me gob-smacked. Even $500,000 would seem outlandish to me No, they said 500k would also be outlandish. But the commenter correctly caught that 500k would in fact be exactly the same price, inflation adjusted. This makes a big difference.