Well I'm gonna be the oddball here, I take as much pleasure and care of my ARF as any other model. Now that does not mean it warms my heart like the others, not possible. But money is money and I'm not going to excessively risk an ARF for sake of "It's an ARF".
But like I said I am a bit of an oddball, my words after having a crash is "sheet happens" and I move along. That be an ARF or a scale build, and yes I have lost both. But like I say to a newbie "If you can't afford (emotionally or monetarily) to walk over to the dumpster and toss it in, don't put it in the air, cause sooner or later."