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Just when you thought that you had everything, MIO comes out with an original idea that makes everybody say, ‘now why didn’t I think of that…’ or possibly more like, ‘how stupid’. But either way, any eighties baby should remember the original Knight Rider series, starring none other than the infamous David Hasselhoff.

  But more importantly, you should remember the black 1982 Pontiac Trans-Am named K.I.T.T. with the cool T-tops and sweeping red lights running across the sleek front end bumper, letting everybody know that this wasn’t no ordinary Pontiac.

Okay, so maybe this GPS isn’t quite as cool as the original K.I.T.T. car, but for $270 we’d say you weren’t getting off too bad for a fully functioning GPS with a one of kind theme. Looking at the unit at a glance, it doesn’t necessarily appear a whole lot different than any other in-car GPS unit. That is until you notice the two sweeping red lights on either side of the sleek black casing.

Turn the unit on and out pops that old familiar voice of actor William Daniels that says, “Hello Michael, where do you want to go today?” Then you type in your destiny and that same familiar voice will guide you to your next great adventure, weather it be to the local grocery to buy some cantaloupe, or maybe even the gas station to battle the high prices of oil these days.

Here is a list of the main features you will get with the Mio™ Knight Rider™ GPS Portable Navigation Device :

• 4.3 inch TFT color LCD display with anti-glare touchscreen
• Preloaded map of the U.S. and Canada, plus over 4 million points of interest (food, gas stations, museums, etc.)
• Directions, turn-by-turn voice guidance, and Greetings provided in the voice of K.I.T.T. (William Daniels).
• Knight Rider’s voice synthesizer lights move during navigation instruction and initial greeting
• Unique interface design offers the look and feel of the original K.I.T.T. unit (well, not really, but we’ll let that slide)
• KITT recorded voice files includes 150+ male & 150+ female names to select from for the greeting… (yeah, you won’t have to put up with K.I.T.T. Calling you “Michael” for the duration of your time together)
• Voice guidance comes in 16 languages, including English, French and Spanish… (We always wanted to know what a French K.I.T.T. would have sounded like)

Once your done laughing at what a ridiculous idea this is and tell your friends that only a moron would buy this, you can go over to Radio Shack and get your name on the list with the rest of us Knight Rider fans!