Santa's sleigh gets 21st century makeover

Santa is going to get* a turbo charged helper this Xmas in the form a of the GS-900 gadget sleigh. For a cool £199,995 excluding VAT, Santa’s new metal bastard could be assembled to include GPS, a convertible roof, hybrid powered rocket boosters, heated seats, parking sensors and a chimney cam. If there’s enough interest in …

[Will Godfrey]

Can I be the first to say...

Bah! Humbug!

[Rabbit80]

At least link to the product so we can buy it!

https://www.metals4u.co.uk/christmas/gadget-sleigh-gs-900/p13468

[VinceH]

Re: At least link to the product so we can buy it!

It might sound expensive, but I notice there's free delivery on orders over £75.

[Chris G]

Re: At least link to the product so we can buy it!

Another link to Christmas products; http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/silent.htm

[DNTP]

Tell the government

That this will let you look down chimneys into millions of people's homes and the snoopers will build a hundred.

(Haha no they won't, they'll buy them from Raytheon or some other American company for a couple of million each, then crash a few while learning to fly them.)

[Dabooka]

Link to specs please

I want to know what lasers it uses in it's altitude sensing array, just in case I need to land in inclement weather.

And can I cancel the weight over front reindeer function for landing on unpaved strips or rutted rooftops?

[John Brown (no body)]

Re: Link to specs please

"rutted rooftops?"

Is that where magical flying reindeer have, erm, "relations"?

[Arthur the cat]

It'll never fly

Err...

[Anonymous Coward]

No cup holder!

Don't want one if there's no cup holder ..!

[Ugotta B. Kiddingme]

Re: No cup holder!

not only IS there a cup holder but it also serves as a cup WARMER for keeping your cocoa hot. Marshmallows optional. (third picture on the website listing, thoughtfully provided by commenter Rabbit80)

[DropBear]

Wait, don't kids today think that Santa rides in a quadcopter...?

[Anonymous Coward]

Following a quick butchers at the photo, I'm off to B&Q. A few bits of plastic pipe, couple of sheets of galvanised steel roof panel and a can silver paint should do it...

[Your alien overlord - fear me]

Well, with all the reindeer dying at the moment, Santa should start looking at alternative forms of propulsion for his sleigh.

[Scroticus Canis]

It'll need proper JATO units to get airborne...

...and Santa into the Darwin Awards.

[Fruit and Nutcase]

Shuttlecraft

reminds me of the shuttlecraft in Star Trek

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=star+trek+shuttlecraft&tbm=isch

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Shuttlecraft

There was probably *some* science used in the creation of the shuttles that the enterprise uses.

This sleigh, probably not so much....

[Chozo]

Turbocharged?.. seriously the old one was fast enough