I finally got around to reading the October issue of Car and Driver magazine. Miracle Cars was such an incredible scam, I was surprised I didn't read about before. Which leads me to this question - does anyone know where "Dr." Baker bought her correspondence school "doctor of divinity"? "Halfway across the country, the 48-year-old Baker, a correspondence school "doctor of divinity," had heard about the Miracle Cars. She hoped to purchase one herself—wanted a Jaguar but settled for a Cadillac STS. More important, Gwen Baker made it known she was a towering figure among Midwest Baptists. If these Miracle Cars were intended as blessings for the devout, then it was surely she who could corral a pool of potential purchasers." http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=4&article_id=7093&page_number=1
Three of the best cars I have owned were Fords. In college, after stupidily getting rid of a very nice '61 Chevy with a 283 engine, I bought a '63 Ford, 289 engine. Years ago I owned a 1990 Mercury Topaz which caused me no trouble until a Ford mechanic aligned the front end. I traded it in on a new 1998 Ford Escort. The Escort has more than 120,000 miles and the only problems came after 100,000 (flywheel and timing gears). The worst cars I have ever owned were Chrysler products.
Reporting a scam selling cars that didn't exist is dangerous. Soemebody is going to get the idea to start selling degrees from universities that don't exist.
He was a poker player of "astonishing talent" yet he LOST 8.7 million dollars? And he played Pai Gow? Give me a break! The first step in becoming a professional gambler is understanding which games are beatable in the long run. Pai Gow is not one of those games.
Everyone who steals big bucks "loses" it gambling. Some who "lose" it hope to find it again. Some do.
In genealogy, the Baker Hoax of close to a hundred years ago was legendary. A multi-million dollar industry develop around proving descent from a Baker who died and left an unsettled estate that consisted of the land in downtown Philadephia. Nobody actually checked the non-existent "facts". For future reference, when someone dies without a will or proven heirs the government gets it and it doesn't wait 100 years. Yes , one of my ancestors was a Baker from somewhere in the area.
I have only owned one chrysler and it was a dream! the only thing ever to go wrong mechanically was the Distributor assembly. Outside of that the cv joints gave out, but that is to be expected. Any car will last for at least 100k miles just depends upon how it is taken care of and treated.
I have only owned one chrysler and it was a dream! the only thing ever to go wrong mechanically was the Distributor assembly. Outside of that the cv joints gave out, but that is to be expected. Any car will last for at least 100k miles just depends upon how it is taken care of and treated.