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Steve Jobs' Lack of License Plate Explained

Wednesday October 26, 2011 9:28 PM PDT by Arnold Kim

ITWire claims to have the truth about how Steve Jobs had no license plate on his Mercedes.

This lack of license plate has drawn a lot of speculation over the years, but no clear answer had been pinned down. ITWire spoke with Jon Callas, who had worked in security roles at Apple. He explained how Jobs got away with it:

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.

Top Rated Comments

96whitels

166 months ago

Like a Boss! :D

Score: 48 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Eidorian

166 months ago

I guess that is what you do when you have that kind of money.

Score: 46 Votes (Like | Disagree)

macduke

166 months ago

Hah, clever guy. But why leave the license plate frame on?

Score: 30 Votes (Like | Disagree)

nick219

166 months ago

must be nice never losing that new car smell

Score: 25 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Rocketman

166 months ago

Now that it's public, EVERYONE will want to do it!

Score: 25 Votes (Like | Disagree)

JayLenochiniMac

166 months ago

He didn't want to be tracked.

Score: 25 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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