I definitely understand. The first time I laid hands on a LA (which did happen to be a sweet 16) I was in love and knew I had to do whatever it took to get one. A year and half later I got my Innova 26" mounted on a 10 ft rack. No robotics but I do have the lightning stitch stitch regulator which I upgraded to just about a year ago.
I love everything about it but if I could wish, I would wish it had the same wheel/rail system as the Bernina rack. I would change absolutely nothing else about it.