Porsche Launches £328 Sled

Forget tubes, saucers, Flexible Flyers or Ziffy-Whompers: the discerning sledding enthusiast now has an option from Porsche. The £328 sled features an aluminum racing frame, stainless steel runners, and a black imitation leather seat complete with the Porsche logo. A Porsche spokesman said: "The new aluminum sledge with stainless steel runners was created by the Porsche Design Studio. A practical folding mechanism ensures that the sledge is ready to hit the snow in seconds, so nothing stands in the way of winter sledging fun."

Rosebud...

[flyneye]

Rosebud...

500 bucks...

[gman003]

and only imitation leather? What a rip-off.

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[Bill, Shooter of Bul]

Yeah, It shouldn't be on anything imitation. They're cheapening the brand. If I were in charge, I'd just release a 911 turbo special edition with missile toe accents and name it the sled edition.

Why the combination of materials?

[Errol backfiring]

Aluminium with stainless steel on a sledge? Combine that with salt (splashed up from the road) and you get a nasty bit of corrosion.

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[aarenz]

Where these get used, the snow is cultured and is make of evian drinking water with a stable PH that would do no damage to your metal combination. Static buildup on the other hand could do some real damage to the joints between the different metals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_corrosion [wikipedia.org]

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[tirerim]

Don't know about you, but when I was a kid I used to sled on hills, not on roads.

Sorely disappointed

[jpmorgan]

I am sorely disappointed. I wanted a video of a Porsche towing a sled off a ramp.