The saga for me was totally unnecessary, and I more or less ended up back where I started except not as good. Lessons learnt the hard way. The short of it is, I stupidly sold my Sinar A1 (my first LF camera, used it for a long time, worked fine and was well suited to my photography) and then went through a very frustrating search for something which simply does not exist. Eventually stopped and got a Linhof Kardan RE, which was available at a reasonably good price directly from HP at the time, and later a Chamonix to supplement. I still wish I had either not sold the Sinar, or had been able to replace it with a P2.
There is no perfect LF camera out there (for me at least). If I had the money, the closest thing currently in production would probably be a Linhof TK45s. At the time they were about half the price they are now, but I couldn't bring myself to spend that much without being able to hold it in my hands and try it first. Similar story with the Arca. I was afraid I'd still end up being disappointed, and with a lighter wallet.