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>My car is paid for but I just don't display a license plate period Which of course draws a bunch attention to you regardless.
by xxpor 7mo ago
>My car is paid for but I just don't display a license plate period
Which of course draws a bunch attention to you regardless.
- ProllyInfamous 7mo agoIt's not about hiding — it's about sending a message. IIRC, Steve Jobs was known to do this in his black plateless Mercedes (decades ago).
- jauntywundrkind 7mo agoWired even wrote this up (2010). Getting a new lease every 6 months, which apparently legally let him go plateless somehow. https://www.wired.com/2010/08/the-mystery-of-steve-jobs-plateless-benz/ https://www.wired.com/2010/08/the-mystery-of-steve-jobs-plat... I found it pretty grossly offensive a practice.
- ProllyInfamous 7mo agoI lived nearish to him during this era, and after this article was published, it seemed like every black Mercedes in town started going tagless.
- tbyehl 7mo agoIt really doesn't, there are lawful reasons to not have a plate yet.
- ProllyInfamous 7mo agoTennesee also doesn't require antique vehicles to display the license plate (only to have it "available upon demand"). It's only 25 years old to be considered "antique," but you must request this from DMV (i.e. isn't automatic).