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California DMV Loophole Allowed Jobs to Drive Sans-Plates

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Re: California DMV Loophole Allowed Jobs to Drive Sans-Plates

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Post by Steko »

jarek wrote: post #49
Steko wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I don't think most people who can afford $120k Mercedes vehicles really care who's driven them before. If it was a Ferrari driven by a rock star, maybe , but people who drive Benzes are generally boring and reasonable.

Honestly "most people" don't have to care. Only a few people need to care enough to affect prices for something with such a limited supply. It's not hard to find pre-owned by celebrity car sales fetching a premium.

For all we know though there's some loophole that lets the dealer resell the exact same car to Jobs every 6 months which somehow keeps it under the no-plate period.

Re: California DMV Loophole Allowed Jobs to Drive Sans-Plates

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Post by philwelch »

icebraining wrote: post #46
andrewacove wrote: post #26

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.

Before that, he and Woz used the Blue box[1] the latter had built to make free calls. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_box

I assure you, the telephone network back then was still a computer system.

Re: California DMV Loophole Allowed Jobs to Drive Sans-Plates

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Post by rtrunck »

jellicle wrote: post #68

Except there's no loophole. Registering the vehicle at purchase (or at beginning of lease) is required. Cal DMV will then send you plates. At which time your paper stickers expire. Besides, his vehicle wasn't displaying the temporary plates either. Look, MacObserver and all the rest of you fanboys: Steve Jobs just decided to disobey the law. There's no loophole. There's just a guy who thought the lines of his car wer…

Disobeying vehicle registration laws does not equal being an asshole. I doubt anyone actually makes it through a day without breaking at least one law. Quit being an asshole yourself and at least provide a legitimate reason why he was an asshole.

Re: California DMV Loophole Allowed Jobs to Drive Sans-Plates

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Post by 1gor »

rtrunck wrote: post #73
jellicle wrote: post #68

Except there's no loophole. Registering the vehicle at purchase (or at beginning of lease) is required. Cal DMV will then send you plates. At which time your paper stickers expire. Besides, his vehicle wasn't displaying the temporary plates either. Look, MacObserver and all the rest of you fanboys: Steve Jobs just decided to disobey the law. There's no loophole. There's just a guy who thought the lines of his car wer…

Disobeying vehicle registration laws does not equal being an asshole. I doubt anyone actually makes it through a day without breaking at least one law. Quit being an asshole yourself and at least provide a legitimate reason why he was an asshole.

   provide a legitimate reason why he was an asshole.
Judging by his fanboys' comments, this should be guilt by association.

Re: California DMV Loophole Allowed Jobs to Drive Sans-Plates

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Post by nitrogen »

lnguyen wrote: post #37
ghshephard wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Parking Tickets. Steve had a habit of parking basically wherever he felt like it.

They can also use the VIN that's readable from the windshield.

In my state they can also tow a car that's parked without plates (I don't know about California).

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Post by pacomerh »

jellicle wrote: post #68

Except there's no loophole. Registering the vehicle at purchase (or at beginning of lease) is required. Cal DMV will then send you plates. At which time your paper stickers expire. Besides, his vehicle wasn't displaying the temporary plates either. Look, MacObserver and all the rest of you fanboys: Steve Jobs just decided to disobey the law. There's no loophole. There's just a guy who thought the lines of his car wer…

Oh man, you read my mind, I couldn't agree more about everybody trying to whitewash the rest of his life.

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Post by randomdata »

jellicle wrote: post #68

Except there's no loophole. Registering the vehicle at purchase (or at beginning of lease) is required. Cal DMV will then send you plates. At which time your paper stickers expire. Besides, his vehicle wasn't displaying the temporary plates either. Look, MacObserver and all the rest of you fanboys: Steve Jobs just decided to disobey the law. There's no loophole. There's just a guy who thought the lines of his car wer…

he's a billionaire and the laws didn't apply to him.

It is more likely the other way around. People who see that kind of major success are people who refuse to listen to others. Not obeying the law of displaying a license plate is just an extension of the demeanour that allowed him to become a billionaire in the first place.

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Post by nlh »

ugh wrote: post #35

His decision to go with the lettering on the car (“SL 55 AMG”) seems much stranger to me. At least if you buy the (much cheaper) C-Class you can actually decide whether you want lettering or not. (I don’t have a car and don’t want one but my dad recently asked me whether he should go with or without the lettering. I told him to go without, that seems much classier and better looking to me.)

That's actually not an option from Mercedes. All MBs come with the lettering -- however the lettering is attached basically with a dab of (pretty strong) glue, and to remove the badges requires nothing more than a concentrated heat source, a pair of pliers, and some solvent to clean the residue.

It's more of a "mod" (albeit a simple one) than an option - and most people actually consider _removing_ the lettering to be quite tacky. Why? Because the people who often remove the badges are the ones with the less-expensive model cars (i.e. the SL550 vs. the SL55) and who want others to think they have the more expensive version :)

Re: California DMV Loophole Allowed Jobs to Drive Sans-Plates

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Post by [deleted] »

rtrunck wrote: post #73
jellicle wrote: post #68

Except there's no loophole. Registering the vehicle at purchase (or at beginning of lease) is required. Cal DMV will then send you plates. At which time your paper stickers expire. Besides, his vehicle wasn't displaying the temporary plates either. Look, MacObserver and all the rest of you fanboys: Steve Jobs just decided to disobey the law. There's no loophole. There's just a guy who thought the lines of his car wer…

Disobeying vehicle registration laws does not equal being an asshole. I doubt anyone actually makes it through a day without breaking at least one law. Quit being an asshole yourself and at least provide a legitimate reason why he was an asshole.

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Re: California DMV Loophole Allowed Jobs to Drive Sans-Plates

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Post by burgerbrain »

[deleted] wrote: post #79
rtrunck wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disobeying vehicle registration laws does not equal being an asshole. I doubt anyone actually makes it through a day without breaking at least one law. Quit being an asshole yourself and at least provide a legitimate reason why he was an asshole.

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You think downvotes for calling somebody an asshole is HN going "down the hill"? Really?
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