Steve Jobs’ prized Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG never had a license plate due to a legal loophole.
There are many curious stories about Steve Jobs worth knowing and today we are going to dive into one of the weirdest ones. Steve Jobs refused most of his life to put a license plate on his car. The reason is not very clear, confidentiality, design… but above all, the co-founder of Apple did not break any law.
What Steve Jobs was one of the weirdest guys it is not a surprise. We found great stories that unfortunately ended early. And this one of your car’s license plate is one of the best didactics.
Steve Jobs drove without a license plate without breaking the law
One of the many things Steve Jobs was famous for was his refusal to put a license plate on the back of his car, a Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG nearly 500 horsepower. It was very common to see the car parked in front of Apple’s offices at number 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino without any type of license plate.
It was the Mercedes Steve Jobs, parked at Apple headquarters in Cupertino
However, Jobs knew he wasn’t breaking the law because that would have found a hole in California law. When you bought a new car, the owner had 6 months of grace to registersomething designed to give citizens time to deliver necessary paperwork, but which Jobs used for years to drive around without a license plate in his car.
Steve made an agreement with the dealer to change your Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG every six months for an identical one, he therefore did not have to register his car and did not break any laws. Every time 6 months passed, Jobs would return his Mercedes to the dealership and they would deliver a new one with an additional 6 months of grace. And so on.
We do not know How many Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMGs did Steve Jobs own in his lifetime?, because he always used this same car. Of course, this is something unthinkable in most countries of the world, where driving without a license plate is completely prohibited.
Steve Yano is with us, but now he couldn’t use that trick. In 2019, according to Ars Technica, the law has changed in California and you can no longer drive without a license platebecause the traffic control cameras could not identify the cars, which cost the state several millions.
