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@Captain_Blight
Ugly as a war wound, for one. For two, they cost the eyes out of your head. For three, unless you're a Cat 1 racer, they're for poseurs. For four, they're ugly as a war wound.
Lastly, you'll never get any sort of warm-n-fuzzy feeling knowing you're controlling something you power with your self with something you made yourself. Something doesn't have to boil an egg or dig a hole in order to be useful.