Buying a Car That Has No Plates

[DoninDel]

Nobody addressed how to test drive - only what to do after you bought it.
Have seller get temporary insurance - (make a down payment on insurance) so it can be test driven.
If he doesn't agree, he may have something to hide and you should walk away, unless you can get it cheaply enough. You could still have Porsche dealer check it mechanically with it untagged.
I did buy a car where seller told me insurance had lapsed - but I test drove it anyway - I wasn't liable, it wasn't my car 'till I bought it. If I remember correctly, I got it insured and drove it with his plates to DMV (carefully) and returned the plates later.

[BoxMann]

Originally Posted by DoninDel

Nobody addressed how to test drive - only what to do after you bought it.

Thank you. My last post tried to clarify that.

Have seller get temporary insurance - (make a down payment on insurance) so it can be test driven. If he doesn't agree, he may have something to hide and you should walk away, unless you can get it cheaply enough.

He's willing to let me test drive it, but I'm at risk for doing that in case I get stopped: no plates, unregistered, uninsured.

You could still have Porsche dealer check it mechanically with it untagged.

Yes, but the shop's test drive is an important part of their PPI and I wouldn't want to forego it.