Vauxhall Omega Elite 2.5i V6 24v 4-door Saloon

I HAVE OWNED MY OMEGA 2.5 V6 CDX SINCE JANUARY 2003. NOW WITH 123K ON THE CLOCK. WHAT A FANTASTIC CAR! I PREVIOUSLY OWNED A BMW 325 AND THIS WAS NOT A PATCH ON THE OMEGA. NEVER HAVE I DRIVEN SUCH A COMFORTABLE CAR, WITH SUCH DRIVER FRIENDLY CONTROLS AND A FANTASTICALLY RESPONSIVE ENGINE. MY V6 IS AN AUTO MODEL. THE ONLY REASON I BOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE YOU WILL STRUGGLE TO FIND A CAR WITH AS MANY EXTRAS ON IT, FOR SO LITTLE MONEY, AS AN OMEGA V6. I NEVER RATED THE OMEGA BEFORE I DROVE MY BOSSES 2.0 16V, ALTHOUGH THE CAR WAS TOO HEAVY FOR THE ENGINE IT WAS ALL TOO EASY, WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF, TO SLIDE THE BACK END OUT IN THE WET. ANYWAY, ENOUGH OF THE ...

Ok now for the tale of wo... Bought the car in June 1999 with 17500 miles on the clock from a network Q garage, in the first week it develops an oil leak which they should of spotted at the inspection as there was a dodgy gasket in the engine, car runs ok for a while......As I was at that time doing a lot of motorway miles the principle of the car was fine, but the backup and support from the Vx dealers all over is I'm afraid diabolical, in fact, anyone would think that you'd bought a car off of a dodgy back street dealer in south london... For an example :- 1)Misdiagnosed fault by 3 different dealerships in different chains that there ...