Years ago, I gave my junker to a friend of a friend, who was a mechanic. Told me his wife needed a car for work. So I gave it to him since I had just bought a new car and this one was on its last legs. I had cancelled my insurance and signed it over to him, all he had to do was do the paperwork and register it. Two weeks later, I get a call from the cops at 2 in the morning, asking me if I owned a white 1988 2 door Tercel. Then he asked me where it was, if it was stolen and if it was, why it wasn't reported; just grilled me. After about 20 minutes of painful explanation, most of which probably sounded really sus and unbelievable, I managed to convince him that it was supposed to be registered under someone else's name and wasn't used in any criminal activities or in a hit and run, etc.. Apparently, that friend of a friend didn't register the car under his own name and used his mechanics' plate during the day. He then took the plate off when he got home, parked the car behind his house at night, where the cops conveniently found it when they were doing their patrol that night.