Knight Rider Question...

[mjr]

I know, I know...fictional TV show and all...suspension of disbelief and whatnot...

But wouldn't FLAG have eventually run out of money? I get that Wilton Knight was a zillionaire, but all the R&D that went into KITT/KARR, salaries, facilities, etc. would have been very expensive. How did they continue to get money after Wilton Knight died? Was FLAG paid by the government or something?

And I know the answer is "the plot", but why would they deactivate KARR and put it in storage instead of just completely dismantling it?

[Ironclad Alibi]

Isn't the answer obvious? Just look at KITT/KARR. It was obviously the product of Cylon technology. (Just like the Metro buses in the DC area with their Cyclopean top light.) So the Cylons kept the funding going after Wilton Knight died.

[taxguykarl]

Money is the most common plot hole in so many movies and television shows.

[dbuzman]

I guess Knight Industries funded FLAG and presumably made their money from research and stuff.

[RealUnimportant]

Investment. Invest the money properly, slowly release bits of the super-advanced tech in a way that won't completely destabilise economies or allow dictators to make a couple of unstoppable citizen-killing machines, and the Foundation could have lasted forever. And, like most big companies, anyone could have kept Knight Industries running. It may have started as one man's dream but it takes a village.

[dendawg]

It was the 80s. Thanks to Reaganomics, people everywhere had huge surpluses of money. (/sarcasm)

[Arcus]

It was the 80s. Thanks to Reaganomics, people Corporations everywhere had huge surpluses of money. (/sarcasm)

Fixed that for ya....







*yes that is a joke.