wwkirk
Divine
Since your remark, I made a limited attempt to verify the story. The furthest I got was that his daughter believed it as a child, but could have been confused, and that Jon Callas who worked as a computer security expert for Apple at various times had heard the story second hand. - So, it may or may not have been true.This story sounds apocryphal.
Three additional wrinkles concerning Jobs' alleged practice.
1. He was leasing the vehicles, not purchasing them.
2. California DMV regulations no longer permit anyone to do what he was supposed to have done.
3. His primary motive was that he didn't like license plates, possibly for privacy reasons; it's unclear.
I must admit, the third element makes the overall story sound like it was was invented or evolved just to paint Jobs as some sort of an eccentric.