Holy flaming and ignorance, Batman!

Some people may find it hard to do a harness properly. Others may not have the tools to do it properly. Still others would not hesitate to spend money on a new harness which may be as bad as the original.

Personally, if I bought a 124 and the harness went bad, I'd do a new one myself. I know how to solder, and I've done harnesses before - I even did them for the wires in my PCs because it looks so much better. Not everyone with a soldering gun can do a good job, but if the wire is the same (or better) quality of the original AND you take your time to do it, you can easily make a harness that looks BETTER than the original.

Besides, I think it'd look cool to have a graphite 500E with a graphite-colored harness under the hood