Dashing through the Snow on a one Porsche open sleigh
If you're scurrying around town in a new Porsche, you won't have your kids barreling down the hill on any old Toys R Us plastic sled, now are you? That's why the automaker's merchandising division, Porsche Design, has come out with this Sportster children's sled, just in time for the holidays. It's made of aluminum and can support up to 220 lbs, so it's good for fat kids Dad, too. It'll even fold down if you're heading to the slopes in a Carrera 4 instead of a
[Source: Gentleman's Gadgets via Luxist]
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HAWC1506 9:48PM (12/25/2008)
Looks like a luggage rack from a high-end hotel.
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Kumail 10:20PM (12/25/2008)
it does and it probably costs a lot, but that doesn't mean that it would be cool to have...
tankd0g 2:15AM (12/26/2008)
I was going to say motorcycle.
ronnie schreiber 10:23PM (12/25/2008)
A few feet of EMT conduit, a pipe bender and some sheet metal and you'd still have a few hundred dollars left over.
It may not have the Porsche logo, but my plastic luge is much cooler.
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tankd0g 2:15AM (12/26/2008)
And still have a sled that only works on a bob sled course :)
Richard 11:44AM (12/26/2008)
My thought exactly. But, I'd add a little mesh from the back of an Aeron chair for that high-tech Teutonic Feung Shei
Gerald 10:48PM (12/25/2008)
$490 isn't bad. I was expecting it to cost in the thousands.
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993C4S 10:49PM (12/25/2008)
What's the zero to sixty time?
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Michael 12:50AM (12/26/2008)
Depends how hard you push... and how steep your venue of choice is.
cd 11:00PM (12/25/2008)
Nice coffee table.
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KeatMP 12:19AM (12/26/2008)
I really like how y'all crossed out the fat kids part. That made me laugh.
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Franz 12:22PM (12/26/2008)
Me too. Hilarious. :)
xpolarx 12:26AM (12/26/2008)
Well, there are definitely bigger wastes of money out there...but I can't think of any at the moment.
While I'm trying to think, I'm going to head down to the garage, fire up the welder and start making fake Porsche sleds to sell on ebay. Merry Christmas.
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TechBloga 7:32AM (12/26/2008)
thanx.
Buy a Porsche? How to Get Huge Savings on a New Porsche interesting post -
http://www.techreviews4u.com/2008/12/26/offtopic-buy-a-porsche-how-to-get-huge-savings-on-a-new-porsche/
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halogenrep 3:27PM (12/26/2008)
Spending no time to redesign the 911 has given Porsche designers plenty of free time to explore other endeavors.
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