I dislike the fact that EVERY arf looks the same... I could look at my sig extra 300, and it's cool. Go to an airshow and see 10 others, and they're all the same. Arf's look pretty darn good, but if everthing is covered the same way, then nothing really stands out of the rest of the crowd. IMO

As far as ARF vs Kit, I like kits much better, but the industry made everything to finish a kit so expensive now that in the end you pay just about as much but put so much more time and effort (for the most part) into a kit built plane.