Another alternative is to buy a similar car that is nearly junk and just buy plates for it. Cops don't check VIN numbers on old cars. I've done that on a couple of "lost title, dead owner" vehicles over the years - but I had to drive them till the wheels fell off.
Yay, John! Anarchy rulez!
There was a time when I was into another make of car and had nine of them all of similar body style (though different colours and details, such as size/shape of rear window, boot, etc.); they were P4 series Rovers: 75, 90, 100, 105, and 110).
Only one of them was registered but, in order to keep them all alive, I swapped the plates around every week so that I drove a different car to work each week for seven or so weeks, then started the cycle over.
Of course, that was 30 years ago, and I'd be unlikely to try it now - especially in a small, rural city where I and my cars are too well known. That other time was in Melbourne; back then and there the body colour was not noted on the registration papers and coppers had better things to do with their time (like chase real criminals).
