Replaced the Omega 3.2 running on LPG with an Audi Allroad 3.0 Turbo V6 diesel a year ago simply as I could not get breakdown insurance on the Omega for continental touring. If the car had broken down the costs of getting it, and the caravan, home could have been around £3000 ... just not viable .. plus for personal reasons I wished/needed to stop crawling under cars every month !
The Audi is certainly a nice place to be, lots of toys, exceedingly comfortable, pulls like a train, handles well and is extremely stable as a tow car. As someone said when I bought it .. a car designed in the 21st century that was designed to tow ... versus a car designed in the 1980s where towing was not built in.
Costs wise... its only costing me 1p a mile more than running the Omega on LPG was .... I get around 38 mpg solo, 24 mpg towing .... I don't compare it to running the Omega on petrol as I never did that !
Do I regret buying the Audi ?? Not in the slightest, and I've done exactly no work on it at all .. it gets washed/vaccummed/refueled and driven ... I've literally done nothing else.... but it will be due an oil change and service soon ... the question is do I use Audi, an Independant, or try it myself .... don't know yet ...
Do I miss the Omega ?? Certainly, it had "character" and a fabulous sound.... and very occasionally I miss "spanner twirling" ... then it starts to rain and I no longer miss it !!