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Post by xman on Feb 1, 2008 13:21:02 GMT -6
Has anyone seen the commercials for the Knight Rider remake coming Feb 17 to NBC. I personally as a kid was a big fan of the original television series and now laugh at how horribly bad but wonderfully entertaining the show is when I ocassionally catch reruns on satellite. Some fans of the original series are up in arms about KITT being a MUSTANG and not a Trans-Am I myself couldnt be happier, they took an already great idea and made it better not to mention finally having a car worthy of being unstopable! The new KITT is a Mustang Shelby GT500 KR a throw back to the Shelby GT500 KR's of old. KR meaning King of the Road but ironically it could also mean Knight Rider haha. Here's a quick history lesson. Ford added the KR tag to the Shelby in the late 60's when Ford caught wind that Chevrolet was going to release a special Corvertte called the Corvette KR (King of the Road) Ford feeling that the Shelby was the true King of the Road beat Chevy to the punch and copyrighted the name before Chevy got the chance.....thus sticking it to the General - HA! Anyways does anyone plan to watch the new Knight Rider, NBC is airing it on the 17th of Feb as a 2 hour TV movie event to gauge interest, if the ratings are good it will likely be made into a regular series. Also I hear David Hasselhoff has a cameo in it playing the father on the new star, he's likely jealous of the superior new car to! The Mustang looks sweet, the premiere looks like it has promise and I intend to watch.....anyone else? Here's the commercial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5V9Fkgtc4YAnd a bit of info with show clips www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e9wgshS0qI&feature=related
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Post by exfan on Feb 2, 2008 0:43:47 GMT -6
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Post by Wait4me on Feb 2, 2008 9:01:56 GMT -6
I might have to check out the new Knight Rider show and see if it has the same appeal now as it did so many years ago. I still have the picture of the KITT car when I saw it at Universal Studios in California. Heck, that was about 1989 or 1990!!! P.S. Obviously, exfan has VERY GOOD taste in cars!!!!! ;D
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Post by xman on Feb 8, 2008 9:24:56 GMT -6
" sigh"...another passionate Ford hater....and I had such high hopes for you since you owned a Honda! P.S. Transformers was a movie??? I thought it was a 3 hour advertisement for GMC! ;D P.S.S. I bet most of the vehicles in Knight Rider will be Fords, I think NBC struck a deal with them....however the bad guys will likely drive a different brand of course!
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Post by exfan on Feb 8, 2008 11:15:39 GMT -6
I've driven them all (FORD, CHEVY, DODGE)and my hands down favorite is MOPAR. Anything with a Jeep or Dodge Logo on it is alright by me. I hate the suspension of the ford and chevy trucks with there IFS ,car like ride. Yes dodge has gone to IFS in 2002 but the 1994-2001 Dodge Ram pickups with their solid front axle are the best trucks on the road in my opinion. I do like the Chevy's cars alot (camaro, corvette, nova, and chevelle) but put me in a (Cuda, Roadrunner, Fury, Charger, ETC.) ;Dand I've died and gone to heaven.
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Post by grizzly660 on Feb 9, 2008 16:31:17 GMT -6
Wait till you have tranny problems in your mo-puppy, I plow snow and had chevy and dodge and the tranny will not hold a candle to the Ford . Who cares about the suppension its a truck not a Cadilac.
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Post by exfan on Feb 9, 2008 22:55:43 GMT -6
I never had a bit of trouble with my 2001 Dodge Ram. They had problems with the tranny mainly from 94-97. I plow snow with my 1987 chevy and I have blown up the transfer case and tranny:P. I also had to 79 f150 with a C6 and blew the tranny in it too . Everything fails sooner or later . Like I said I've driven them all on and off road and my favorite is the Dodge ;D and I personally think any truck with IFS is a PIECE OF CRAP even the 2002 and newer Dodge 1500's.Its just my opinion not trying to offend anybody else.
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Post by Darth ATVidious on Feb 13, 2008 19:31:37 GMT -6
exfan,
I like Chevys too. As a matter of fact, my son is named Chevy!
All,
Just curious, why hasn't anyone talked about how kick a$$ Chevy El Caminos are? hehehehehehehehe Shezuki and I are real big fans of the cruck.
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Post by shezuki on Feb 14, 2008 15:29:55 GMT -6
I thought that was an urban legend. You really did that!
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Post by exfan on Feb 15, 2008 10:56:51 GMT -6
Any chick that names their son or daughter after a car IS OK BY ME!!! ;D ;D My wife would never allow me to name my next kid MOPAR, or DODGE. By the way I would LOVE to have a 1964 Chevy ElCamino SS with my 400EX in the back. ;D ;D It would be the perfect combo for summertime riding. I need 4x4 in the winter though.
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Post by ubnpast on Feb 15, 2008 11:34:13 GMT -6
How about a '78. I know of the perfect one for you!
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Post by xman on Feb 15, 2008 12:29:17 GMT -6
Before my daughter was born I threw the idea at my wife to name her Shelby!.... ;D Then down the road if we have a boy we could name him C.J. Thus we would have Shelby, Cobra Jet....... Needless to say the CEO wasnt buying!
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Post by Darth ATVidious on Feb 15, 2008 20:24:38 GMT -6
Yeah, I figured if my Chevy was a girl I would have named her Chevelle Lee. Kind of a tribute to Chevelles and the General Lee (I was a huge Dukes of Hazard fan as a child). I probably would of called her Chevy for short anyway, though I was always kind of thinking Nova is a pretty girls name.............
My El Camino is a rusted out piece of crap 1983, but she does look nice with my 400ex in the back. Hell, a 400ex can make anything look good.
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Post by xman on Feb 18, 2008 11:42:48 GMT -6
Hate to break up the idle converstaion.....but did anyone watch Knight Rider last night.......I did, here's my review....
Cheesy story Bad acting Awesome Car!
I got what I watched for! ;D
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Post by Wait4me on Feb 18, 2008 15:55:50 GMT -6
/\ WOW!!! I didn't think Xman would be honest about the new Knight Rider show!! Yeah, the story was Weeeaaaakkkkk...the characters were lame.....and the reality of the action was silly at best. Since black is my favorite vehicle color......I did like the looks of the car....but more importantly, I liked that the car uses MY initials in it's model (Shelby GT500 'KR') I would have liked the car even more if it didn't have the voice of Ben Stein!! (You remember him on those stupid Visine commercials or his MTV game show). The voice was drab, boring and lacked the humor of the original KITT car! Boooooo. ....and Xman.....why can the new KITT open high-end electronic casino locks (remotely), tap into high-end casino surveillence networks (remotely) and transform it's exterior in both color and shape.........but it can't shut down a stock vehicles ignition circuit so that the other vehicle can't chase it through the mountains?! hmmmmmm weird. I fell asleep before the show ended so I hope I didn't miss anything!! haaaaaaaaa
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