One of the fun mysteries surrounding Steve Jobs' life was his license plateless Mercedes Benz.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
How was he able to get away with it?<o:p></o:p>
Previously, Steve Wozniak claimed he had a special deal with the police and they wouldn't bother him.<o:p></o:p>
But, it looks like that might be wrong.<o:p></o:p>
David Heath at ITWire says Jobs found a loophole in California law allowing him to go plateless.<o:p></o:p>
As long as a car is no older than 6 months, it doesn't need plates says Heath. Jobs made an arrangement with a car dealer to lease a new Mercedes SL55 AMG every six months so that he would be within his legal right to go without plates.<o:p></o:p>
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iTWire's source for this theory is Jon Callas, CTO of Entrust, who worked in security at Apple for a few years.<o:p></o:p>
It's an interesting theory, but there's one problem: Gizmodo reported that you can go plateless for 90 days if its a new car. That's only three months.<o:p></o:p>
So maybe Jobs was getting a new car every three months?<o:p></o:p>
Read more: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-10-27/tech/30327437_1_new-car-car-dealer-plate#ixzz1cmKMCMfa