Dovetailing well with this thread, on a 45 minute walk yesterday I saw three bikes:

A chrome-lugged, boutique Italian (looking) hand-built bike with early Dura-Ace and 531 tubes
A fillet-brazed Stevenson
...a 2010 Scott Addict with Sram Red

I lusted after every single one of these bikes.

Honestly I think for me its a sort of weird combination of loathing the look of new bikes but admiring their sheer performance. The first time I'd seen a bike like the Addict in person was sort of a breath-taking moment, actually. I think I even managed to convince myself it was a pretty bike.