KITT

I was a huge fan of Knight Rider when it was broadcasted in Latvia in my teens. Yes, you read that right: following the collapse of the Soviet Union we had a lot of catching up to do on popular culture in the 1990s and early 2000s and watched a lot of classic 1980s TV shows a decade or so later.

I started watching Knight Rider because David Hassellhoff was in it and it featured a really nice looking car. I also loved Bonnie and Devon: Bonnie because of her brains and Devon because he was always in such a cool contrast to Michael.

Unfortunately, as the show progressed the scripts got worse and I only kept watching it to see KITT. It was my dream car back then and I’ d still love to own a replica one day. So far all I’ve got is a scale model from the photo (complete with the flashing laser) and a T-shirt.

I blame my interest in cars on Grandpa, a lifelong petrolhead, a Merc enthusiast and a great mechanic.

Back to KITT… I wrote Journals of the Undead in my early 20s when getting a driving licence was beyond my means, let alone buying a 1982 Pontiac Trans AM. If I couldn’t drive it, one of my characters could so I wrote a KITT replica into the stories. And, since Lucretia is based on me, she was the obvious choice.