Original K.I.T.T. up for auction: impressive exterior, laughable interior
By Darren Murph 
posted Jun 13th 2008 5:01PM
posted Jun 13th 2008 5:01PM
[Via Autoblog]
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What the hell is this Jason obsession?!?!?!
Several posts have hidden pictures of Jason from "Friday the 13th" movies. I was unable to find the hidden one in this one... yet.
Yeah I've been noticing them. Look closely...I'm sure you'll see it....
Yes.... you can see him... hidden in the trees! Flippin awesome!
I don't see it
I hear Jason hides in clicks sometimes...
"What the hell is this Jason obsession?!?!?!"
Well, I suppose someone at Engadget just really likes the movies and decided to spend a whole day referencing them.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence that they chose Friday, 13 June as that day.
He's also in the driver side mirror.
They just put him on the driver side door
Jason likes to wear frilly dresses and wigs, and calls himself Shirley.
The interior doesn't look that bad to me...
Bit rough round the edges don't you think?
The mounting of some of those buttons is horrible. Those "intakes" on the outside will hurt your view of the road and your gas mileage.
Oh, I forgot. Some people like to buy cars in order to hang them on their walls.
This isn't a car, it is a piece of Hollywood Memorobilia. Nobody is going to drive to the grocery store in it.
crap, his comment got deleted. and ps, bigD your still an idiot. You would not buy this car to hang drive. Its obviously a collectors item. Lawl, you really are retarted
zero bids so far...
I was going to say what makes this laughable for the interior.. the driver side is exactly what it should be... then I looked further and saw the displeasing passenger side... what a disappointment.
When I was a little kid, this seemed cool, now, I would call it a riced out American car...
Cheaper to build your own replica probably...
"...but hardcore Hasselhoff fans will likely insist on differing."
Exhibit A: http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/1914/flamboyanthoffpz6.jpg
Exhibit B: http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/3471/drunkenhoffov4.jpg
Hardcore, strike that, any 'Hoff fan needs help. Drunken bastard got cheeseburger all over K.I.T.T.'s seats and used one of its tires for a swing. He has no love for the car, man.
I became unsold at the "fixed" air vents ... would be sweet if they could be popped out with the press of a button, and retracted ... and the ... whatever the fuck that is under the wing in the back ... yikes ... same thing with that ... though I'd probably replace it with an LCD display that I could pop up text messages on ... ie - "GTFO my ass before I put you in my backseat"
the interior can be redone on the cheap if you have a buddy or have that sort of interest, no biggie there ... but the outside of the car ... totally bad ass if I was 7 years old ... and could drive ...
28k$ ? Ugliness is free !
I used to think this car was so cool... (when I was little)
But look at it now... The buttons are all crooked.. and even all the "Pursuit Mode" add ons make it look like a bad chop job...
Yall do know it's Friday the 13th right? It's that simple.
Errrr...I knew that!
thanks
Errr, there is no way that was used in the TV show. That looks like shit.
This page has a bunch of pictures of KITTs "super pursuit mode".
http://www.jlanghout.nl/Knight%20Rider%201.htm
Thank god, the voice of reason!
Exactly my thoughts. Also, the original KITT is at Universal Studios in Hollywood.
This also isn't the one that was used in "The Benchwarmers" either, as that one looked like plain old KITT with none of this tacked on Super Pursuit BS. Dunno who this ass is kidding, but this thing was just one of the stunt double cars that someone seriously uglified afterwards at best, and a total BS job at worst.
This is going to get bid up to at least 100k$ , possibly more. All it takes is a few rich people who are fans of the show to find out about this auction and the price will skyrocket.
The Dude forgot the Hasselhoff recursion:
http://www.post-literate.com/gerpunx/archives/2005/01/prepare_to_lose_your_mind.php
You just blinded me. Thanks a lot!
That's not an original car... That's a clone... and a crappy clone at that. couple of things... All superpersuit cars that could "transform" had their engines removed as to support all the hydraulics... That's also doesn't contain the EBS pannels. The front bumper goes forward then seperates into an upper and lower section. Also two wings deploy ahead of the wheels. bunch of clone parts thrown together to play off the new show.
So true Dave! You're spot on. What a piece of poo!
Also, SPM wasn't introduced (along with C-Mode) until the first episode of the fourth and final season.
I'm going to wait for the SS Enterprise to go on sale.
Shotgun
I never saw the show, so I don't know if it's supposed to be there, but is that a huge dent along the edge of the door?
but does it blend?
It crashes. Involuntarily.
Like Dave said, and one poster over on the Autoblog site said, this is a cheap copy. The guy on eBay is trying to rip someone off. According to the poster on Autoblog, the car was a quick mock-up done by Barris for the movie Benchwarmers and some promotional stuff. It was NOT an original super pursuit mode K.I.T.T. It is definitely a cheap copy. The front spoiler is all wrong. The side scoops are messy. The rear spoiler is a hack job. The front light bar is a crappy little piece from the J.C. Whitney catalog.
Either the guy selling this on eBay doesn't know any better and he was fooled by someone else, or he's just being extremely dishonest.
yeah definitely not the real thing. the description was funny ... it was said to be in the film "The Benchwarmers" with Adam Sandler ... who wasn't in the movie, although the real KITT was. No bids yet! I hope no one does!
There better be a 350 motor under the hood.
The exterior looks like something a high school student with a decent amount of welding skill, no girlfriend, and horrendous taste in styling would cobble together in his father's garage.
As for the interior, it looks fine... aside from the alterations; those are hideous.
Per the description, that was an original car later modified to look like super pursuit mode KITT. But seriously, that's a piss poor facsimile of the super pursuit mode. Assuming it was a genuine car at one point, those mods probably reduced the car's value significantly given how utterly crappy they look.
Also, regarding the interior, that's the same f'ed up interior they had in the car that used to be at Universal Studios Hollywood a long time ago. So it's definitely legit. It just looks nothing like the TV version. Which is pretty stupid.
This is not an original. It was never on the actual show, I actually moderate a Knight Rider replica forum. I know the people that built some of the parts for that car. It was made by Barris, but it is believed to be from the show car circuit, it was owned by Universal, but it was never screened used on the actual show.
#5... You are thinking of Dukes of Hazzard there...
Ummmm ... Wait .. WHAT! Anyone who thinks this is K.I.T.T. should lay off the drugs. This car LOOKS AWFUL nothing like K.I.T.T. at all, Just JUNK. And of someone bids on it I will laugh my Arse off.
"BF Goodrich Radial T/A" Those are the crapiest tires in Hollywood.
With new tires i'll bid on that piece.
Anybody else notice how the seller has a feedback rating of 100100% positive?
I 'm going to wait for the warthog on Ebay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL9Y7EyCEx4
Screw that ....Give me the Tumbler from Batman Begins...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_t7EGKxnGM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU3FpVKWVdM
K.I.T.T. rhymes with S.H.*.*., which is exactly what this wankermobile looks like. Never liked the show, Hass or the totally gay-sounding computer. I'll be happy when they stick this auto into the crusher or shredder. K.I.T.T. is the Palm Treo of ponycars. It looks flashy, claims It can do everything, but it's just a phony and does nothing good.
Knight Rider series = NERDY FAIL
K.I.T.T. = HIGH SPEED FAIL
The Hass = WIFE ABUSIVE FAIL
@Steffen
I really don't like to be abusive or to use bad language generally.
Very clearly you are quite young. Let me explain something to you; "Knight Rider" was never 'high quality, top shelf' stuff', but it was quite entertaining, and little tacky and quite predictable. It serviced an audience that had previously lapped up stuff like "The Six Million Dollar Man", "Charlie's Angels" and such like.
It was harmless fun and for some of us, evokes feelings of nostalgia, not for show itself, but the times that it was shown in, our earlier years, and all of the things that went with it.
I suspect that you were not born at the time. But your comments are pretty consistent with your other posts; ill-informed, subjective and mostly plain wrong.
Again, as I said earlier, I don't like to be abusive, but you are a complete W*NKKER !!
@Steffen
I really don't like to be abusive or to use bad language generally.
Very clearly you are quite young. Let me explain something to you; "Knight Rider" was never 'high quality, top shelf' stuff', but it was quite entertaining, and little tacky and quite predictable. It serviced an audience that had previously lapped up stuff like "The Six Million Dollar Man", "Charlie's Angels" and such like.
It was harmless fun and for some of us, evokes feelings of nostalgia, not for show itself, but the times that it was shown in, our earlier years, and all of the things that went with it.
I suspect that you were not born at the time. But your comments are pretty consistent with your other posts; ill-informed, subjective and mostly plain wrong.
You really should try writing something sometime that other people find informative. This forum does not exist to lend voice to your shallow opinions.
Again, as I said earlier, I don't like to be abusive, but you are a complete TOOOOOL.
@STEFFEN JOBBS = EPIC FAIL
@STEFFEN JOBBS's ACHIEVEMENTS = EPIC FAIL
@STEFFEN JOBBS'S PARENT = EPICALLY DISAPPOINTED
Let me give you some Fatherly advice Steffen;
Come on stop complaining about the people who are running your life, start to take control, stop blaming other. Control your own destiny, stop blaming others. It is not too late to change your ways, every new moment is an opportunity for you to change. Change you life and so something meaningful.
And remember however disappointed your parents are in you, they still love you and will support you in your new journey.
Good Luck
@STEFFEN JOBBS = EPIC FAIL
@STEFFEN JOBBS's ACHIEVEMENTS = EPIC FAIL
@STEFFEN JOBBS'S PARENT = EPICALLY DISAPPOINTED
Let me give you some Fatherly advice Steffen;
Come on stop complaining about the people who are running your life, start to take control, stop blaming other. Control your own destiny, stop blaming others. It is not too late to change your ways, every new moment is an opportunity for you to change. Change you life and so something meaningful.
And remember however disappointed your parents are in you, they still love you and will support you in your new journey.
Good Luck
The Jason thing: engadet is either trying to find a mascott like Gizmodo (Mr. T) or they are just hanging on the Friday the 13th holiday we just passed - for the past week.
This WAS NOT used in the TV show. This thing looks pathetic.