Comments on: Steve Jobs car has no license plates

By: rad

rad — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:36:54 +0000

By: MikeWhoRu

MikeWhoRu — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:46:53 +0000

This is the correct answer. Absolutely positively. He doesnt put them on his car cuz YOU DONT HAVE TOO! Only if you are using it as a motor vehicle do you have to put plates on it.

By: Veikals

Veikals — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:16:36 +0000

Steve Jobs, R.I.P.

By: No Front License Plate

No Front License Plate — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:32:42 +0000

19 states do not require a license plate on the front of a registered vehicle. Is your state one of them? If not, maybe you should contact your governor or local representative about it.

By: Herr

Herr — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:37:30 +0000

Steve (or someone close to him) spotted a loophole in the California vehicle laws. Anyone with a brand new car had a maximum of six months to affix the issued number plate to the vehicle.

So Jobs made an arrangement with the leasing company; he would always change cars during the sixth month of the lease, exchanging one silver Mercedes SL55 AMG for another identical one. At no time would he ever be in a car as old as six months; and thus there was no legal requirement to have the number plates fitted.

One might also assume that the leasing company was happy – they had an endless supply of luxury cars to on-sell with the previous driver being none-other that Steve Jobs.

That would be a win-win-win situation for Steve, the leasing company and for the subsequent buyer.

http://www.itwire.com/it-people-news/enterprise/50649-the-truth-about-steve-jobs-number-plate

By: The Pilot

The Pilot — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:48:59 +0000

What a pompous ass! I like Apple products, but who the heck did he think he was being a law-breaker because he wanted privacy?

I guess it goes to show: “he who has the gold makes the rules”

Typical “do as I say but not as I do” attitude.

By: rolfen

rolfen — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:20:50 +0000

I think his dad was a car dealer (not sure)…

By: Eman Pitts

Eman Pitts — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:20:49 +0000

RIP Jobs….So sad!!!!

By: UScitizen

UScitizen — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:57:11 +0000

So long as he shows up to court with the certificate of origin (which means the car has never been registered) from the manufacture and a good lawyer that knows the constitution then he can prove the state has no ownership rights to the car therefore the state can not tax his car. When you register a new car you have to give that certificate of origin to the DMV, they process it and give you a certificate of title, the state then has partial ownership of your car. It’s similar to a birth certificate which gives the state ownership of your kids, thus giving the state the “right” to “protect” them from you, aka: take them away.

By: Stool

Stool — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 04:39:34 +0000

No front plate is a fix-it, no rear is not.

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By: Ralph Ed.

Ralph Ed. — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:04:51 +0000

I am wondering how I can meet Steve Jobs and take a photograph with him. I’m a tourist currently staying around Palo Alto.

By: John

John — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:19:34 +0000

With his money, he could pay the fine every day and not miss it.

By: Toku

Toku — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:24:08 +0000

Why worry about it?

He is driving a car with no number plate, so what!

If you envy it, why not copy, there is nothing stopping you, but you don’t have as much money or influence as he does (probably) so just live with it.

By: bill

bill — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:35:00 +0000

You “don’t like how your license plate looks”? How about getting over “how things look” and just abide by the law? How hard is it?