# K.I.T.T. Transform Yourself Into a Vacuum Cleaner 'Cause We Suck! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-i-t-t-transform-yourself-into-a-vacuum-cleaner-cause-we-suck/424560 "2007-10-30T11:32:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-i-t-t-transform-yourself-into-a-vacuum-cleaner-cause-we-suck/424560/21 "2008-02-08T00:03:14Z")
K.I.T.T being a ford rustang seems very…wrong, K.I.T.T\> should be a Pontiac Solstice/Saturn Sky, or perhaps a Camaro, or even a Dodge Challenger, I’d even accept a Viper, but please, no ford products… “Michael, I need to be repaired again, why did the Institute insist on putting me into a ford chassis?.. oh, and I have this terrible pain in all the Diodes down my left side…” ---
**Author:** ![dbuzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-i-t-t-transform-yourself-into-a-vacuum-cleaner-cause-we-suck/424560/22 "2008-02-08T07:58:07Z")
> [@](#): > > As the original story resumes, the new KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) is absolutely the coolest car ever created: its supercomputer capable of hacking almost any system; its weapons systems efficient; and its body – thanks to its creator’s work and nanotechnology – **is capable of actually shifting shape and color.** Bolding mine. from [here](http://www.nbc.com/Knight_Rider/about/) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-i-t-t-transform-yourself-into-a-vacuum-cleaner-cause-we-suck/424560/23 "2008-02-08T09:51:32Z")
[QUOTE=dbuzman] > [@](#): > > As the original story resumes, the new KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) is absolutely the coolest car ever created: its supercomputer capable of hacking almost any system; its weapons systems efficient; and its body – thanks to its creator’s work and nanotechnology – **is capable of actually shifting shape and color.** Bolding mine. from [here](http://www.nbc.com/Knight_Rider/about/) [/QUOTE] Uh, didn’t Dodge do this with the syndicated _Viper_ TV series? ---
**Author:** ![dbuzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-i-t-t-transform-yourself-into-a-vacuum-cleaner-cause-we-suck/424560/24 "2008-02-08T10:32:28Z")
I know in Vper the regular car changed into the super car, maybe for Knight Rider they mean it can take more than one form. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-i-t-t-transform-yourself-into-a-vacuum-cleaner-cause-we-suck/424560/25 "2008-02-08T11:52:30Z")
Why is it Knight _Rider_ anyway? Surely it should have been Knight _Driver_? ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-i-t-t-transform-yourself-into-a-vacuum-cleaner-cause-we-suck/424560/26 "2008-02-08T12:58:14Z")
[QUOTE=MacTech] K.I.T.T being a ford rustang seems very…wrong, K.I.T.T\> should be a Pontiac Solstice/Saturn Sky, or perhaps a Camaro, or even a Dodge Challenger, I’d even accept a Viper, but please, no ford products… [/QUOTE] American cars all suck equally, so what’s the difference? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-i-t-t-transform-yourself-into-a-vacuum-cleaner-cause-we-suck/424560/27 "2008-02-08T22:42:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Why is it Knight Rider anyway? Surely it should have been Knight Driver? No, Michael’s just a passenger. KITT is doing all of the driving emself. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-i-t-t-transform-yourself-into-a-vacuum-cleaner-cause-we-suck/424560/28 "2008-02-08T23:18:57Z")
Duke’s of Hazard with General Lee as a Transformer. Hmmmm. Kitt and Zylons are they different or the same? You can never tell a Zylon from the real thing until they kill you. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-i-t-t-transform-yourself-into-a-vacuum-cleaner-cause-we-suck/424560/29 "2008-02-09T02:23:19Z")
Damn you, OP! I had convinced myself I imagined the whole thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/k-i-t-t-transform-yourself-into-a-vacuum-cleaner-cause-we-suck/424560.md?page=1)