That's what I was thinking. Why is the gearing on the steering so messed up? It would be much easier to drive if you didn't need to spin the yoke 360 degrees or whatever it is to reach full lock.
So that's just General Motors standard shitty design? And its just you really notice how bad the steering is when you have to use a stupid yoke instead of a steering wheel? Ha my bad.
An _amazing_ looking car but definitely not meant to be driven around. I would love to own a KITT replica but it's definitely the type of car that's best for its looks than its driveability, sadly.
i think in a dangerous Situation, he have no chance. Also i see no MP/h Display, nothing. The Wheel is Terror. If it s my Car, i change this to a normly wheel. the next is: he not eaven have a Chance, to change ligthment, window washers and driving direction, he always have to grap over the wheel for the buttons... absolutly not for normly driving. All other is Deco, hm, maybe: only for a freak, but for a normly car, this is nothing.
I knew a guy with a KITT REPLICA....he had a nascar style quick change steering wheel that was normal size for driving and when he got to shows he would pop it off and throw on the Kitt style one....he said it was undriveable with it haha I never drove it but these guys pretty much confirm it
It could also use some suspension and nuts & bolts changing tightening up freshening by the current owner but 90% of owners don't do that so you're gonna have squeaks. However Nk Knight, has a Kitt Replica, with no squeaks. Because it's a Well Done Replica. Which costs alot of money to do it right. Not just some shit thrown together on a budget.
Very cool, yeah I always thought that steering wheel was the most unsafe thing. Watching the show I thought they must have set it up so it only needed to turn a very small amount go-cart style.
Very good documentary. I never knew the actual KITT from Knight Rider would be so difficult to drive in everyday circumstances. Still a very cool car! In fact I'm starting my collection of Firebirds and Trans-Ams. One of the first vehicles I hope to acquire will be an aftermarket conversion of the 82 Firebird Trans Am to look like KITT from Knight Rider.
I watched numerous episodes of Knight Rider over the years and always noticed that David Hasselhoff's seat was all the way back. He is a very tall man. After watching this it makes me wonder how he was able to drive this car for the show at all.
+o Lemurs I'd still say it would be the best set up for the wheel. As he said the wheel is like the size of a bus and he isn't gonna be racing and stuff with it so a tight steering rack (maybe one turn to lock on each side) and a power steering pump to compensate would work
Nahh kitt doesn't know the guy and is pretending to be a normal replica kitt and just choosing not to speak ; ) As soon as the guy leaves all the simulated rattle sounds will turn off .. his true muscle engine sound will be unsilenced and the turbine sound will also be unsilenced... he's in undercover mode.. lol
XenomorphLV426 love the screen name. That's my favorite movies of all time. I still watch them on a regular basis & just finally bought the PS4 game the other day
I'd like a sleeper version of the blues mobile. Keep the dog dish wheels, but paint it BROWN, give the 440 the pep it had a few years earlier, (6 pack, higher compression, better cam, etc) maybe even 4 wheel discs. Now we're talkin.
@@jackmehoff8459 Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am. But yeah, Cannonball run had some cars I'd love to have. Especially now. The two Mercurys in Hawaii 50. The earlier cop cars Adam 12.
There needs to be a movie car meetup. Like cars and coffee but for movie cars. All the DeLorean replicas, KITT replicas, Starsky and Hutch, Bullitt, Smokey and the Bandit. All of em
FallenPhoenix86 my bad. Bell 222. Point was, it was an air taxi with plastic bits on it. Sad to hear it crashed though. One of my fave shows as a kid. Weird how the feature length pilot episode was 18 rated (in the UK), mainly because hawk said "Fk" once, and I think there may have been a silhouetted nude scene?
Chris Winter Yeah, the UK 18 rating has puzzled me since I first watched it... and for the sake of nostalgia I think I know what I'll be doing tonight.
FallenPhoenix86 And back on Topic, I have ALL Knight Riders on DVD :D Educated my kids a while back :) And there's a kitt replica for sale in Australia. Am I tempted? Very! But I'm meant to be saving for a Ferrari lol.
That would feel like I was driving with my flappy paddle shifters! The series was great in the eighties when I had no idea how cars drove properly but looking at this..............well! The innocence of youth!
Has so mich potential. I said it on the other video, but if i was to do it with unlimited budget, i would ecotec swap it, connect nos to the turbo buttons, change the steering ratio, and connect all of the screens and peripherals. I would probably connect all of the buttons to do something too.
I'm with the others. I liked the remake. It would have been better if they could have kept Will Arnett as KITT though. He was the original voice until GM pulled him.
I thought the filming location looked kind of familiar. Then you hit Rt 61 and I realized where you were. I grew up in the Skook, left in 92, but you never forget! Video showed up in my RU-vid recommended videos.
Those truck have more mirrors that normal cars. The only problem is reversing. I still have no idea how truck drivers can reverse when they have that long storage trailer thing(don't know what it's called).
The trailer? Backing is like learning to ride a bike. (Hard to learn, easy to do.) For the test the school will teach you reference points to look for before making adjustments to the steering wheel. In the real world I just put my seat all the way up and stick my head out the window. (We're not allowed to do that on the test.)
TheTarrMan TBH, my only experience in "driving" trucks is virtual, as in Euro Truck Simulator XD. I have the Logitech wheel that include the 6-speed and the clutch and the game lets you program a button for low and high range toggle for the 12+ speed transmissions. I never understood how to turn while reversing to get the trailer in straight, so I would just drive forward till it was straight, then reverse while keeping the steering wheel straight so the trailer wouldn't turn and make a V clusterfuck that I couldn't get out of lol.
I've never played a trucking simulator game but it can be challenging in the real world too. The trick to doing a straight line back is to look for your trailer tandems (trailer tires) in your hood-mounted convex mirror. You shouldn't be able to see them. (This might be hard in a video game because of the resolution of the game) Let's say you start to see them in your left mirror, then I would turn the wheel about one quarter turn to the left until I can't see them any more and then straighten out the wheel. Also, generally I only back at about 3mph.
Is it just me or does this car has an insane amount of steer-slop??! All i know/remember from a docu about the Knight Rider, was that the car was anything but impressive performance wise. I still like what they did here, it looks like you step back into the era..amazing build
It's probably got the usual F Body steering aka steering gear that wears out pretty fast and gets lots of play. Why American car companies put rack and pinion in some models and used the old steering boxes in others I couldn't tell you.
"Its not a driver's car. It's designed for the show.". Reminds me of how terrible the gen 5/6 Transformer Camaros are to drive. Movie prop first, car second.
I love your car! I can't imagine how hard it is to drive with this steering wheel! Funny how Knight Rider shoe seems so corny watching it today, but I LOVED IT as a kid!
Did it at least have a working fuel gauge? I can see that the speed and tach are not functioning yet. 3 basic gauges you should get working first are the oil pressure, speedometer (because tickets suck) and a fuel gauge.
Speedometer can be emulated via a GPS app on a smartphone. Not perfect, but it'll work temporarily. Fuel gauge shouldn't matter if you just make sure to fill it up after every other trip. Oil pressure should be done ASAP though.
That thing needs a MUCH quicker steering rack with a far smaller lock-to-lock steering wheel rotation, just like any open wheeler/DTM car of today. Onlu than it'll be comfortable to drive. Also removing the stalks and using one of those buttons for that might be handy too.
@joesfoxbodyandmusclecargarage That's an American for you with more knowledge about US cars. I didn't know that as a European, but yeah, I meant to change the lock to lock and have a faster ratio box in there. Thanks for the insight!
I still wanna get one :-) ..but mine would have some modifications. For example indicator lights would be on simple buttons that are on the steering wheel and then have a laser that points to the steering wheel, so when you turn back, it detects it and switches the indicator off. Also i'd make most of the stuff on voice commands, hook it all up to a good gaming laptop and hide it inside the dash, where the 2 monitors are, i'd have 1 bigger monitor + keyboard that slides out. That would control the voice commands. Nitros is also a good idea, which would obviously be the pursuit mode. He said he has cameras but non working, so that's surely something i've had in mind too. Even tho it's so old series, i still want one :)
No rev counter, screens don't work, buttons don't do anything, items like the key pad are missing.. This must be the worst KITT replica I've ever seen to be honest.. Come back when you finish it.
Daniel Vallah have you ever drive a car? Then you should know it's normal to complain a weird car like this. Btw, he's just trying to convey the driving experience to us.
"Confirming that the scanner light is off, we don't want to get in trouble" Not that you won't because of the steering yoke, no rear view mirror-plus, you're not wearing your seat belts.
Here in Germany we have one rebuild too, but it is forbidden to use the Gullwing Steering driving in official Streets, he must change for driving, only use in Show case.
