The EAA Witness a.k.a. Tanfoglio is nice. A good Cz 75 clone. I need to buy one of those sometime, when I have spare time. In general, I agree with liking all-steel pistols; the weight lower down just makes them more stable. My favorite remains the Sig 210, but that one is hard to find.
Cars? When I was young, I cared, and drove things like the Alfa Spider and a 911 convertible. Today, I see cars as a machine for transporting people or things from A to B with the minimal hassle. My daily driver is a tiny Honda with about 100 HP. For fun, I drive large engines in larger vehicles: A Ford 6.7L diesel in an F550 dump truck, an International 7.6L diesel in a crane truck, and a Deere 6.8L in a Bandit (top speed: below 5 mph, but it can maintain speed while ingesting an 8" diameter tree).