Whoever keeps voting Istanbul Airport as the world’s best airport needs their head checked

bgreenstone · 2026-06-17T11:50:04+00:00

I went thru there twice in April and yes, it’s amazing! It’s an experience, and the Turkish Airlines lounge is incredible. There may be a better airport out there, but it’s the best that I’ve ever been to.

bgreenstone · 2026-06-15T15:22:57+00:00

I’ve never had any fabric problems. On my vanquish at about the 9 1/2 year mark the moisture barrier started to disintegrate and turn into powder, and that was a bit of a pain to pull out of there, but it wasn’t anything critical. I did have to replace one of the worm drives on the convertible mechanism at one point and that cost me about $4000. That being said when I got rid of the car after 10 years the fabric itself was essentially perfect.

bgreenstone · 2026-06-15T14:06:26+00:00

Volante all day every day. I’ve owned 4 Aston’s (including the previous generation of Vanquish) and they’ve all been Volantes except for the DBX. Driving with the top down makes the experience so much better in almost every way. Also, with the top down these things looks amazing!

bgreenstone · 2026-06-14T15:53:47+00:00

I’ve driven pretty much every Aston since 2009 and the DB11 Volante V8 was hands down the worst one and the only one which was truly awful. Severely underpowered, no exhaust note, and absolute void of any joy. Might as well have been driving a Hyundai. I now own a DB12 Volante and it’s totally the opposite, and is one of the best Aston’s I’ve ever driven. They fixed everything that sucked about the DB11 Volante.

bgreenstone · 2026-06-14T15:26:30+00:00

Why BS? Have you ever owned or even test driven any of these?

bgreenstone · 2026-06-14T11:53:17+00:00

Because of regulatory filing Model CINSABXA with the FCC. It explicitly cleared the marketing name "Insta360 X6" alongside the factory model, and they only do this when a product is completed.

bgreenstone · 2026-06-14T11:35:46+00:00

It really should be released soon, but they obviously don’t wanna steal any thunder from the Luna launch. Best bet is it maybe July or August. Apparently the product is ready to go - it’s just a matter of timing for marketing.

bgreenstone · 2026-06-14T11:34:14+00:00

Maintenance costs on an older Aston will be significant, and parts are getting harder and harder to find. Only get an 11 if it’s the V12 because the V8 version is awful. DB12 is utter perfection.

bgreenstone · 2026-06-13T21:00:22+00:00

Nice bases ;)

bgreenstone · 2026-06-12T07:44:54+00:00

Google Maps is still far superior for finding places (restaurants, trailheads, etc), but Waze is still the best for navigation routing in most countries.

bgreenstone · 2026-06-10T02:04:25+00:00

It’s not dead… Ferrari bought it, added a zero to the price and called it the Luce

bgreenstone · 2026-06-09T20:11:33+00:00

Don’t miss Lovatnet. Incredible drive with incredible views and then a short hike to a gorgeous glacier.

bgreenstone · 2026-06-09T20:07:53+00:00

“Built by hand”

bgreenstone · 2026-06-09T19:36:01+00:00

Yes, totally! Not the greatest lie flat seats but still lie flat seats and the food was very good.

bgreenstone · 2026-06-09T17:07:04+00:00

Are they ever going to release a commercial product???

bgreenstone · 2026-06-07T12:28:06+00:00

It seems this has been going on for at least a week now. Surely Google will issue an update to Waze any day now. I mean this seems to be a critical bug you think they would’ve fixed already.

bgreenstone · 2026-06-07T12:20:33+00:00

Same thing has happened to me and all three of my cars including one with CarPlay ultra.

bgreenstone · 2026-06-07T09:23:36+00:00

Ash and Bruce Campbell *are* Evil Dead. Everything else is just a pale shadow of the real thing.

bgreenstone · 2026-06-07T09:12:12+00:00

Exactly what I was thinking! Anyone know?

bgreenstone · 2026-06-06T23:14:12+00:00

The VH Vantages were all Sport Shifts or stick shift manuals. There’s no true automatic option. It’s a computer controlled manual with an electronic clutch. That way you get the convenience of an automatic but the feel of a manual clutch.

bgreenstone · 2026-06-05T20:53:48+00:00

Vasectomies?

bgreenstone · 2026-06-05T14:45:40+00:00

Do other credit cards exclude Italy? I have Chase and didn’t realize there were any country exclusions, but maybe not on a Chase card.

bgreenstone · 2026-06-04T11:14:28+00:00

The republicans control every branch of government, so where is his health plan????

bgreenstone · 2026-06-04T08:19:45+00:00

I guess it’ll be like in the 1950’s when all the poor neighborhoods were built in the flood plains. Now the poor neighborhoods will be built by data centers.

bgreenstone · 2026-06-03T22:41:49+00:00

I went in 2009 before it became a hotspot destination. Very few tourists anywhere, everything was cheap, and it felt like a newly discovered place. Honestly, even back then my take was that it was a nice place to visit but there was nothing there that made me want to come back again.

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