How did Michael know all of Kitt's button's?
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How did Michael know all of Kitt's button's?
A thought came to me the other day, How come Micheal knew exactly where each button was on Kitt without realy looking.
with the mass button's for all Kitt's function's plus new funtions and hence new buutons appearing through out the series, you would think he would hit the wrong one from time to time
with the mass button's for all Kitt's function's plus new funtions and hence new buutons appearing through out the series, you would think he would hit the wrong one from time to time
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In the show, Michael does not make many mistakes. In reality it would only be a matter of time before something like that would happen. It happens to everyone. Some people might say KITT would analyze the situation and make sure the proper button was pushed. Then I would ask the question what is the point of Michael doing any of the driving in the first place.
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That was in the Pilot, Michael had to pretend that he had a crink in his neck and could not hear because it took awhile for him to be pulled over by the police.
I don't know. I can pretty much type fast on the keyboard without looking as I'm sure many of you can. This came from practice and just general use. But how do we know he doesn't look? Michael reaches for the button, and then they cut to a shot of him pushing the button in most cases, right? Couldn't his eyes have looked down when the camera was not on them?
I don't know. I can pretty much type fast on the keyboard without looking as I'm sure many of you can. This came from practice and just general use. But how do we know he doesn't look? Michael reaches for the button, and then they cut to a shot of him pushing the button in most cases, right? Couldn't his eyes have looked down when the camera was not on them?
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Actually, if you look carefully, for a split micro second he does look at the button before he pushes it.
This is most evident before he goes to turbo boost over something.
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This is most evident before he goes to turbo boost over something.
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Actually, the "wheel" DID have a couple of thumb buttons/light up panels near the top of each handle grip. Marks cutom kits website shows this clearly in a shot of the original car they restored. Although who knows what their original purpose was. Check this out:
Never saw them lit up though...
Never saw them lit up though...
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Practice, practice, practice. He did have a manual though. In Slammin Sammy's Stunt Spectacular Show, in the beginning, you see Michael reading a book. If you look closely, it says Knight 2000, so it had to be a manual. Besides, we really don't know how long Michael drove KITT since the pilot, so he probably had a lot of time to learn what each button did and where it was located.
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Oh...that's trippy. Those look like they came right out of Star Trek. (The original series.) Such fine little detailing that we aren't shown. Even has a pop-out cover door.aussieknight wrote:Actually, the "wheel" DID have a couple of thumb buttons/light up panels near the top of each handle grip.
I wonder if they were always there or just a seasonal upgrade? I'd say that I'd try to seek them out...but, my tape collection really doesn't have that kind of quality for such small detailing.
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Not to stir argument, Aussieknight, but Mark's Custom Kits can't be held credible when it comes to that "restored" car, as has been argued here before. In fact, I highly doubt any such buttons ever existed. Otherwise, we would have heard about them. I have, however, heard of repli-car owners adding Gull Wing buttons for their own amusement.
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Oh no, that's not stirring up an argument, no way. Well, it looks pretty well original from the pics, but, having not seen the car in person myself, I can't be sure. But if those light-up panels WERE original, but never focussed on or mentioned, it wouldn't surprise me. Does it really matter?
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Those buttons actually do exist. They were meant to be some type of laser firing button (or so I heard previously). You can see these in the begining credits of season 3/4 if you look closely. The green lights are on in some sceens. I dont think they used them in all of the cars during filming though.
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I know this may sound stupid but the green light on the steering wheel could be a sensor for KITT to see how hard Michael is gripping the wheel...this, in turn, could tell KITT Michael's blood pressure, somehow.
In 'Return to Cadiz' KITT mentions how tight Michael is holding the steering wheel and mentions his blood pressure at the same time.
So, to me, it's some kind of touch sensor for KITT.
As for the little door, who knows?
But yeah, it might have been made up by Mark's Custom KIT's.
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In 'Return to Cadiz' KITT mentions how tight Michael is holding the steering wheel and mentions his blood pressure at the same time.
So, to me, it's some kind of touch sensor for KITT.
As for the little door, who knows?
But yeah, it might have been made up by Mark's Custom KIT's.
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I always wondered about Turbo Boost, sometimes they're really high, oth times they aren't. I know KITT has that trajectory guide-but most of the time Michael didn't have time to use that. So everytime Michael just pushed that button-KITT had to scan the situation and judge what kind of jump it should be.
Also, those times where Michael asks about Turbo boost and KITT says theres a bus or something on the other side-what if Michael had just pushed the button without asking-would KITT be able to stop it?
Also, those times where Michael asks about Turbo boost and KITT says theres a bus or something on the other side-what if Michael had just pushed the button without asking-would KITT be able to stop it?
Michael: "KITT! Where are ya?!"
K.I.T.T.: "I'm in your parking space, Michael, where else would I be?"
K.I.T.T.: "I'm in your parking space, Michael, where else would I be?"
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KARR was able to override the brake pedal in KvK, and KITT drove quite happily on quite a few occasions while passengers tried to wrench control, so why not have KITT override the function buttons? Mind you, there's an ep where Michael and some dude are fighting inside KITT, and they keep bumping the wheel and swerving. I thought that when KITT took control that was it. Plot hole? Dunno.
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lol maybe...SeishinRyu wrote:Maybe Kitt was trying to help Michael by swerving and throwing the guy off ballance?
In KITT vs KARR, right after KARR said "manual override," he told John to press turbo boost. When he didn't obey right away, KARR said "Press it" all ominously so he did and then they flew though the back of the semi. But if KARR could've just turbo boosted on his own why'd he have John press the button? There are so many instances of contradictions in the show that you just kinda have to accept things as they are.