The world...of the Knight Rider
A replica of the KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand) car of Knight Rider television fame is available for bid on eBay.
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eBay seller 'zapper80')
This is not the original car that David Hasselhoff drove around in and William Daniels provided the voice for, but it is a 1984 Pontiac Trans Am.
In some ways, that's a good thing. The KITT replica on eBay has a CD/MP3/DVD player installed, where the original probably only had a tape deck, if that.
(Credit:
eBay seller 'zapper80')
The starting bid for the car is $19,000. That's much cheaper than other famous vehicles like the original Ecto 1 from Ghostbusters, or one of Steve McQueen's personal motorcycles.
The auction ends Wednesday and is only available to local bidders or those willing to pick up the car. The seller will not ship.
Which I think is an ironic point because the original KITT did have its own truck for transport. Remember? The truck door would be lowered while cruising on the highway and Michael Knight (Hasselhoff) would just speed up, drive in and miraculously not crash through the wall of the truck.
In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our world rotating. A journalist who divides her time between the United States and the United Kingdom, Lombardi has written about technology for the sites of The New York Times, CNET, USA Today, MSN, ZDNet, Silicon.com, and GameSpot. E-mail her at candacelombardi@gmail.com. She is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not a current employee of CNET. 
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- This crazy!!
- by othrower74 August 28, 2007 7:42 AM PDT
- Ok first thing is first, Mythbusters has proven that you can drive into a moving Semi truck at highway speeds and NOT crash into the back wall. If you don't believe me go to the website and look it up. Second off this is no big deal at all. There are tons of these still out there roaming around and being bought up. This is ancient stuff folks, lets focus on using your turn signal, slowing down and oh Recycle.
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