Driving K.I.T.T. to Knight Rider Filming Locations.

"ethan drives dumb cars" (helloroad) 02/13/2019 at 13:05 • Filed to: Kitt, Knight Rider, pontiac, pontiac trans am, pontiac firebird, david hasselhoff

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I rented a K.I.T.T. replica for a day!

What do you drive if you are a “young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law”? The Knight Industries Two Thousand, that’s what. While David Hasselhoff got top billing, K.I.T.T. was arguably the biggest star of the 1980s TV show Knight Rider , and certainly one of the most widely recognized TV cars made.

Fans of the show have been making K.I.T.T. replicas out of Pontiac Trans Ams for years, and I recently had the chance to rent this nice looking replica via Turo. If you have a few minutes to spare, check out the video I made below, where I pilot K.I.T.T. down some back roads and search for Knight Rider filming locations in the Los Angeles area.

K.I.T.T. purists (yes that is a thing) will be quick to point out that this particular car isn’t “screen accurate”, as it’s missing some interior bits and the seats are not correct. However this lack of TV accuracy didn’t keep me from having a blast in this iconic F-body. Here are a few photos from my time with this machine.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > ethan drives dumb cars 02/13/2019 at 14:40

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“What do you drive if you are a “young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law”?”

But what I want to know is what do I drive if I’m an “older loner on a crusade to ridicule and shame the cause of the coal rollers, the stancers, the Trump supporters, in a world of criminals who operate above the law”?

ethan drives dumb cars > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 02/13/2019 at 16:47

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Prius? 

facw > ethan drives dumb cars 02/13/2019 at 17:02

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Looks like it worked better for you than Andrew and David:

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Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > ethan drives dumb cars 02/13/2019 at 17:34

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That would be a good choice.

ethan drives dumb cars > facw 02/13/2019 at 18:20

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Yeah I lucked out I guess!

facw > ethan drives dumb cars 02/13/2019 at 18:23

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Well any car repaired by David Tracy is bound to be ultra reliable for the rest of its life...