Simple option is, get on with doing to planning and setup.
Buy the car
Pay the bills
Sort the tax bills etc
But just say break all.

You ask for advice, and people freely give it based on the information provided.
However, if you act on that advice and are doing something nefarious, those who gave that advice in good faith can indirectly become complicit in whatever you're up to.
Feel free to ask for advice, but is it that unreasonable for people* to raise questions so that if they chose to give that advice it's with transparency?
All you had to say about PP is that they've been irritating by way of their policies and left it there.
Likewise the business venture, "I need a vehicle that will do xyz? And am dithering between using the Omega or buying/leasing something newer. What do you guys recommend?
*Be that individuals or companies. If bunch of random car enthusiasts get suspicious then you don't need to be a genius to see how dodgy it might look to a regulated company.