When I bought my ML320 in Texas, I drove it back to Michigan. I drove it up here for 6 months before I registered it. I was already registered in Texas. Didn't expire for 6 months. I was driving a properly registered vehicle.

Is your company lease car registered in your name? I don't think so.

If you can somehow register it elsewhere (it will have plates of course), drive it back to CA and forget about it until it's time to re-register. Hopefully by then you'll have driven the 7500 miles.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)