Okay, so, I was scrolling through my feed the other day, and I stumbled upon this interesting topic – “Knight Rider Car NYT”. You know, that show with the talking car? Yeah, that one. It got me thinking, “Could I actually make something like that?” So, I started digging into it, and let me tell you, it turned into quite the project.
First thing I did was hit up the internet, searching for anything related to “Knight Rider Car NYT”. I found a bunch of articles, forum posts, and even some videos about people trying to recreate KITT, the car from the show. There was this one forum, the Nier community, where someone mentioned “Knight 2B” and a “Dark Knight x 2B” crossover. It was a bit off-topic, but hey, it got the creative juices flowing. I mean who wouldn’t love to see some kind of 2B collaboration right?
Anyway, I started thinking about the actual car. I remembered reading somewhere that Henry Ford once made a super cost-efficient vehicle. People thought it was impossible for him to sell it for less than 850 dollars and still make a profit. That got me thinking about the economics of building a real-life KITT. Let’s be real, the “public costs related to the car are several including congestion and effects related to emissions”.
Getting Started
Phase 1: The Shell
- I found a beat-up old sports car. It wasn’t pretty, but it had potential.
- Spent weeks stripping it down, getting it ready for a total makeover. Sanding, priming, the whole nine yards.
Phase 2: The Brains
- This was the tricky part. I wanted to give the car some basic “smart” features.
- Started tinkering with a Raspberry Pi. I know it isn’t much but it is a good start.
- Wrote some basic code, nothing too fancy, just enough to control some lights and sounds.
Phase 3: The Looks
- Time for the iconic red scanner light!
- Got some LEDs, wired them up to the Pi, and boom – we had a working scanner.
- Painted the car black, naturally. It is not the “Knight Rider Car” if not black, am I right?
The Result
Okay, so it’s not exactly KITT. It doesn’t talk or drive itself, but it looks pretty cool, if I do say so myself. The scanner light works, and I even managed to get it to play the Knight Rider theme song. I even put on a Nier: Automata themed outfit and drove it around just for fun.
This whole “Knight Rider Car NYT” thing turned out to be a fun little project. It’s a reminder that even the craziest ideas can be brought to life, at least in some form, with a little bit of elbow grease and a whole lot of internet research. And hey, maybe one day, I’ll figure out how to make it talk. Or maybe I’ll just stick to playing the theme song. Who knows? I might even switch job for this but “How to handle quitting after one week?” is something I have to learn first.
For now, I will try to learn about “DevOps West and feature flags for clean deployments” so I can make this car better.