I keep hearing this near-urban legend about him trading cars in frequently (even citing a former Apple security guy), but I'm pretty sure it's not true.
You're correct about the plates, but it's 90 days. However, in the Bay Area, there are so many new vehicles that there's no reason to think that a reasonably shiny late-model car isn't within that 90 day period. I drove my new car up and down CA-101 for almost a year without bothering to put them on. You can press your luck for as long as you'd like. The fix-it ticket is a bit of a hassle since you need to find a cop to sign you off. Or you can just pay the significantly higher fine (several hundred I think).
Also, for a man who parked in any open handicapped space in the parking lot whenever he wanted, I'm pretty sure he didn't care much about staying strictly within the law.
One additional point worth noting that the MB SL55 he drove was last produced in 2006. Yet, here's a photo of his car in 2010 -- an SL55: http://gizmodo.com/5503004/steve-jobs-and-eric-schmidt-spott.... Surely he would have traded up to an SL65 if he bought a car from 2006 onward?
While it is claimed that he rotated similar leased vehicles, if we were to look up the VIN (WDBSK72F67F124082), we would find that it was registered as a personal vehicle with only one owner for a number of years.
You're correct about the plates, but it's 90 days. However, in the Bay Area, there are so many new vehicles that there's no reason to think that a reasonably shiny late-model car isn't within that 90 day period. I drove my new car up and down CA-101 for almost a year without bothering to put them on. You can press your luck for as long as you'd like. The fix-it ticket is a bit of a hassle since you need to find a cop to sign you off. Or you can just pay the significantly higher fine (several hundred I think).
Also, for a man who parked in any open handicapped space in the parking lot whenever he wanted, I'm pretty sure he didn't care much about staying strictly within the law.
One additional point worth noting that the MB SL55 he drove was last produced in 2006. Yet, here's a photo of his car in 2010 -- an SL55: http://gizmodo.com/5503004/steve-jobs-and-eric-schmidt-spott.... Surely he would have traded up to an SL65 if he bought a car from 2006 onward?