While I appreciate steel... the thing you may be experiencing and loving could be the frame geometry itself... a longer wheelbase will give you that "Cadillac" feel. Touring bikes tend to have that longer wheelbase as well.

I only have steel bikes and I can tell you that my daily driver with the long wheel base handles like an old truck, while the '80s criterion bike is twitchy and requires constant attention. Same materials, vastly different wheel base.