[totalforge]

Heh, Steve Jobs unknowingly solved this problem years ago. Apparently he didn't want a license plate in order to protect his privacy, before plate scanners were a thing. In California you have a certain amount of time after buying a car to get the plate. Steve leased a new car at that interval, and never had a plate.

[CrazyCatDog]

Ha! When I lived in Palo alto I kept dealer plates on for three years before receiving a ticket: ticket was for speeding, the no plates part cost me all of $10 and a 2 min police inspection, after which the card board plates went right back on.

[devy]

    When I lived in Palo alto I kept dealer plates on for three years

You meant the special plate with "DLR" embossed vertically on the left?

[CrazyCatDog]

Sorry, I meant the cardboard advertisements for the dealership.

[devy]

That loophole has been reduced to 90 days now and new bill has been introduced to require new passenger cars to be issued with a temp license plate just like many other states do.[1]

[1]: http://www.ktvu.com/news/4680503-story

[areyousure]

It's been a year since the bill was introduced and it appears to be languishing in the Senate: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.x...

[percept]

A new jobs bill.

[the-dude]

Or was it to protect him from parking fines? Like asshole teritory?

[mirimir]

Woah, I am impressed!