Which Dash do you prefer?

frank_knight · Post by **frank_knight** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:57 am

Just bored...

HungarianKnight · Post by **HungarianKnight** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:43 pm

I like the Season 3/4 dash better. I think it is more "user-friendly", not so cluttered with gauges. The many green LEDs are more friendly than just red and blue

Lyn · Post by **Lyn** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:54 pm

I think the dashes had gadgets that were necessary for Michael and KITT to put into action at the time, and
KITT looked good as a convertible too!

J-Knight · Post by **J-Knight** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:57 pm

I Like both, but prefer the season 2 dash. It was the VOX that done it for me. The animation was perfect, I feel that in season 3 it got too big and the 3 lines of the vox got more even rather than the bigger middle line.

But I did say I like both dashes, I like the how s3/4 dash guages look like they are behind a layer of pretective glass almost, and its nice and shiney. The only thing that I dont like is the Vox on it.

I like the vox like this:

KITTfan · Post by **KITTfan** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:08 pm

I too like both but prefer the 1st/2nd season dash with 2 monitors. The vertical lines makes it look kind of scientific and not so plain as the 3rd/4th season dash without them. Also, with 2 monitors KITT can show more than one thing or camera-angle in his dash.

-KITTfan-

LuvKITT · Post by **LuvKITT** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:19 pm

I like both but I love the early 1st season dash and everything. That's what my replica will have.

VWeirauch · Post by **VWeirauch** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:49 pm

I`ve bought the 1/2 session 2 Tv dashbaord and i love it .
My favorite seller is Don colie . I think he have one of the best dashboard , i`ve ever seen .
But Don is far away , so i got my from Joao .

James_kr · Post by **James_kr** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:56 pm

I like the 1st/2nd Season dash better. The guages on KITT's new dash didn't give enough readouts for such a smart car plus I always liked the design of the screens.

The good things about the 3rd/4th season dash was the voicebox and the countdown lights. The compass was probably unecessery because KITT always told Michael where they were going.

nice plate · Post by **nice plate** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:48 pm

season 1/2

Lost Knight · Post by **Lost Knight** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:21 pm

I have to go with the 3rd/4th season dashboard. It's overall more high-tech-looking and is how I prefer to remember K.I.T.T. I hate the white stripes on the 1st/2nd season dash, as I think it has almost a home-made quality to it. The newer dash looks more professional and matches the overall car better, in my opinion.

Also, the pod buttons on the seasons 1/2 dash have a look not too far off from the Back To the Future DeLorean, where they seem like they were made out of some spare parts from someone's garage.

AtariKnight · Post by **AtariKnight** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:47 pm

This is hard, Though I have to go for the 1st/2nd dash.

Pierre · Post by **Pierre** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:23 am

I prefer the 4th season dash for a replics beacause he does have an odometer wich is neccesary and it's illegal to drive without it

firebirdstu · Post by **firebirdstu** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:49 am

3/4 for me, the electronics look a bit more up to date than the 1/2 and probably not as dangerous as the 1/2 season cars were lol i bet the electrics in those days were very unsafe!

Stu

Knight2007 · Post by **Knight2007** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:19 pm

personally i like them both. Although i like the double screen better in the 1/2 dash so i guess i pretty much agree with KITTfan

James_kr · Post by **James_kr** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:09 pm

Pierre wrote:I prefer the 4th season dash for a replics beacause he does have an odometer wich is neccesary and it's illegal to drive without it

In the replicas the season 1/2 dash does have an odometer under the guidence systems light. I think the season 3/4 dash didn't look as balanced with 1 big tv rather than two smaller ones which could be used to do two things at once. Picture in Picture would be quite annoying.

Pierre · Post by **Pierre** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:07 am

you probably refer to the vaccum flurescent message but it's not an odometer I asked several vendor and no one include an odometer

Pierre · Post by **Pierre** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:08 am

you probably refer to the vaccum flurescent message but it's not an odometer I asked several vendor and no one include an odometer

James_kr · Post by **James_kr** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:33 pm

This is the odometer used on the season 1/2 marks custom kits dash.

KITTfan · Post by **KITTfan** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:32 am

There's too many numbers in that MCK dash. In the show that display showed usually 245.0 numbers in it. It could be the trip meter though, resetting after 1000 miles / kilometers.

-KITTfan-

James_kr · Post by **James_kr** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:19 am

I don't think the pods in the season 3/4 dash are very practical. They look nice but I don't see how you can pick a function in a hurry because there is only one button in between two options. Could be difficult if you need to turbo boost and you press the Ski Mode!

The pods in Season 1/2 were much easier to use in a situation where a button needs to be pressed quickly.

The other confusing thing I thought about was the way the lights on the pods only came on when a function was pressed, how are you supposed to see which button you are pressing. In some scenes the lights are on all the time. Bit confusing.

I think it would be better if the pods in season 3/4 has a touch screen style so you can press the function light with your finger rather than the button next to the light.

I also think the sensor range lights were useful to tell Michael when KITT has detected something or whether something they were tracking was still in range of the tracking scope.

I think KITT had a quicker startup sequence with less things on the voice modulator too.

is the better dash!!!

Pierre · Post by **Pierre** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:46 pm

KITTfan wrote:There's too many numbers in that MCK dash. In the show that display showed usually 245.0 numbers in it. It could be the trip meter though, resetting after 1000 miles / kilometers.

-KITTfan-

yep this not an odometer maybe a trip range .an odemeter should have 6 digit at last

Yep I agree with the pod this is the reason why there are some functions with the same label on each side of the button like turbo bost

cloudkitt · Post by **cloudkitt** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:58 pm

When I was little I liked season 3/4 because it the lack of visible push-buttons made it more futuristic to me. But now I think I like the older one better.

corlando52 · Post by **corlando52** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:31 pm

I've always preferred the Season 1/2 Dash. Season 3 went to LCD display instead of the LEDs and I didn't like the look. I also prefer the two monitors to the one big one.
Just my preference. Just don't get me started on the Season 4 KITT fiasco!

Chris

black knight2000 · Post by **black knight2000** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:33 am

seasons 2 and 3 best one ever can i have one to go

ThunderChild · Post by **ThunderChild** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:04 am

There's just something about the white vertical lines giving the Season 1-2 dash more character! Furthermore, I agree with the push buttons being more practical...

...and 2 monitors are better than 1. Try 3D animation with 1 monitor, then try it with 2. Then you'll know what I'm talking about.

The only aspect of S-3/4 I'd choose is the LED's.

My personal final opinion: Season 1/2 Dash.

PS- One question: Does anyone prefer the solid red square Vox?

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