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Can anyone explain the advantage to driving without plates? It seems that being the Mercedes AMG would be just as easy to identify as the Mercedes with the APPLE1 plate.
The advantage is that you can't prove it was his car. Even if every other Mercedes AMG is registered, there's no way to prove that his is the only one without a plate.
Approaching 4 years of driving with no plates on the same car here in California. Just leave the paper dealer plate(the one with the dealership name/logo on it) on the car. Cops wont ever pull you over for lack of plates, even if youre missing the front plate as well, as I am.
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he probably got cancer from all the volatile compounds that gives new cars that smell.
Uh, they stick an ozonator (ozone) in the car at the end of the factory run. Used car dealers frequently use them. Due to the fact the Ozone will bind to almost anything volatile, the air is effectively sterilised and gives it that "new car smell". tl;dr: you're a douche; your internet access should probably be revoked
In other words, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6cxNR9ML8k.
Can anyone explain the advantage to driving without plates? It seems that being the Mercedes AMG would be just as easy to identify as the Mercedes with the APPLE1 plate.
Anonymity. Silver SL's, even AMGs, aren't exactly uncommon in the area. Plus, you don't have to worry about red light cameras.
Can anyone explain the advantage to driving without plates? It seems that being the Mercedes AMG would be just as easy to identify as the Mercedes with the APPLE1 plate.
Anonymity. Silver SL's, even AMGs, aren't exactly uncommon in the area. Plus, you don't have to worry about red light cameras.
I guess he'd have a good answer for the "Tell us about a time you hacked a (non-computer) system to your advantage" question on the YC application.
Can anyone explain the advantage to driving without plates? It seems that being the Mercedes AMG would be just as easy to identify as the Mercedes with the APPLE1 plate.
So basically, Steve got a new Mercedes more often than I get new shoes. Now that's what I expect out of a multibillionaire. Good to see he at least kept himself in new-car smell on a regular basis, and certainly kept a local dealer quite happy.
Oh, chill out. The article says the car was leased. He probably had to pay some kind of premium to keep his leases down to six months at a time, but it's not like he was buying a new $120k car twice a year.
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Oh, chill out. The article says the car was leased. He probably had to pay some kind of premium to keep his leases down to six months at a time, but it's not like he was buying a new $120k car twice a year.
Steve Jobs driving a car for 6 months actually might increase it's value. I may be exaggerating slightly but I bet it didn't cost all that much.
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Anonymity. Silver SL's, even AMGs, aren't exactly uncommon in the area. Plus, you don't have to worry about red light cameras.
How common are Silver SL's without a license plate in that area?