The American Dream - My Knight Rider KITT Project :-)

[Knight_Rider]

Yup. Door bottoms and round the windscreen. Pain in the arse as don't have the time or money to fix it again

 

[Knight_Rider]

Well spent this evening cleaning and hoovering out KITT ready for a show on Saturday. As it was a nice evening thought I would get some shots as realised I haven't got any up to date ones of the dash with the lower console in and lit

 

[DaveDreads]

What does the Peng button do, attract all the ghetto slags?

 

[Knight_Rider]

Lmao yeah that button always makes me chuckle

 

[DaveDreads]

Is there an actual diagram from the install or the actual show that says what all the buttons are meant to do?

 

[Knight_Rider]

Yes there is a publication that is essentially a handbook for KITT lol I have it somewhere! Pretty cool! I shall dig it out and upload the description for the peng button lol

 

[DaveDreads]

Take a photo of it, i'd like to know what they all do including the t-bar ones and the unmarked armrest ones.

 

[Knight_Rider]

Will do!!! Think it's in a drawer at my mums lol

 

[Knight_Rider]

Had our annual knight rider meet up yesterday at Pennine Manor Hotel. Great day with great people and some lovely Kitts

 

[charltjr]

Are there many recreations of the later dashboards out there?

Personally I prefer the earllier one, but just curious.

 

[Knight_Rider]

There's a few yeah my mate used to have a season 3 dash in his

 

[DaveDreads]

I preferred it when Kitt went to the 3 bar voice display rather than the solid block, after he got smashed to bits by Goliath.

 

[Knight_Rider]

Yeah and it never made sense why in the first episode with karr he had a 3 bar display while KITT still had solid red despite karr being the prototype! Probably why they changed it!

 

[charltjr]

Are you *really* picking plot holes in Knight Rider? Realllllly?

(Yeah, I never understood that either)

 

[Knight_Rider]

Moi??? Never lol

 

[charltjr]

It's a good thing they stopped after three seasons. Imagine if they'd made a fourth where they added loads of extra stupid go-faster things, a "C button" and a token character with no point whatsoever other than to appeal to a demographic in the most patronising way possible.

Because that would have sucked.

 

[Knight_Rider]

Roflmao! Yeah that would have sucked!

 

[DaveDreads]

I did like how they took inspiration from Sir Isik Asimof's 3 laws of robotics by making Karr's primary objective his own self preservation, which basically made him a sociopath.

I hated super pursuit mode though, they took a stealthy looking unassuming car and turned it into a really sh*t looking Transformer.

 

[Knight_Rider]

Yeah I liked the character of karr.

 

[charltjr]

There wasn't much that was in any way clever in the characterisation etc in KR, but I agree that was a really nice touch.

Asimov's three laws are such a great plot device, I never realised he introduced a fourth law later on called (rather clumsily) the "zeroth" law:

0. A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm except where such injury would conflict with the Zeroth Law.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the Zeroth or First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the Zeroth, First or Second Laws.

 

[Knight_Rider]

I only know the 3 laws lol and seems the 0 law is just a different wording of the 1st law lol

 

[charltjr]

Ah, it's humanity verses a human - so a robot may allow a human or a group of humans to be harmed or actually harm them itself to protect humanity as a species.

But I think we're going a big off topic

 

[Knight_Rider]

Peng button explanation

 

[DaveDreads]

But what does Peng actually stand for, P-engage?

 

[Knight_Rider]

Now that's a good question

 

[Knight_Rider]

Sorry this thread seems to have died a death. Cars been off road since September now. Still got so much to do with it before April when I need it for my wedding day. Engines still a f**king joke. Got a replacement sat in my garage since November time waiting for valve stem seals and clean up but haven't had time to do a damn thing to it. Even in my dry garage rust is appearing round the windscreen and the door bottoms. Feel like I'm fighting a losing battle to the point where I'm thinking to drop the engine in and then sell up but once you sell a Kitt you won't get another and so much time has been invested. Not sure what to do as don't see me having any time to sort it any time soon. Hmmmmm

 

[Jekyll]

Pursue it mate, it'll be worth it it in the long run.

 

[RichieJA]

Just read this start to finish... Awesome

 

[Donny_Dog]

Unless you need to sell it for the £, then leave it until you have time.

 

[Knight_Rider]

I need a new car and can't afford to finance one. Made a stupid mistake and changed jobs and utterly ruined my life

 

[charltjr]

Sorry to hear that mate. Try to keep your chin up.

 

[Daz.]

Then it's simply you sell it and move on.

 

[Knight_Rider]

I'm about to go beg for my job back. Not holding out much hope

 

[realnumber 1]

I need a new car and can't afford to finance one. Made a stupid mistake and changed jobs and utterly ruined my life

Just get another cheapish 172?

 

[Knight_Rider]

He he he funny you say that mate I'm off to see a minter tomorrow. Watch this space!

 

[Knight_Rider]

Well Kitt is staying for now. Still desperately need to get him looked at so I can get him on the road again in spring though!

 

[DaveDreads]

I think you should ditch the sickly boat anchor and just drop an LS engine in there, give him the balls he deserves.

 

[Knight_Rider]

Ha ha yeah that would be ace!

 

[Mork of Ork]

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[Knight_Rider]

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Oh hell yes!!!!