Advice, experience and the wow factor

I wonder if I could ask for the experience of members of this forum?
I have ridden fixed wheel bikes for about ten years. They have been nothing special, and my latest one was just a 1980s Peugeot road bike converted to single fixed speed. It is lively and pleasant and I use it most days. I thought, however, that before I get too old to ride a fixed bike I would splash out on a post second hand Bianchi Pista, and this week I went and had a look at a 2011 model. The owner let me adjust the seating, and I had a good go at it, but was a bit surprised. It was much lighter than my Peugeot and it rode well, but I was on the whole a bit underwhelmed by the experience. I could see rather less of the front tyre than I was used to, but I was certainly not blown away by the agility and performance of the bike. I expected something amazing and in quite another league from my old Peugeot but didn't really feel that this Bianch was £450 better.
Am I missing something, and should I persist in my pursuit of the Holy Grail of the perfect fixie. Or should I abandon my illusions of ultimate fixed wheel experience and go back to my Peugeot??? I would like to hear from anyone who can advise me from their own experience in the pursuit of perfection.

Your road bike is more agile than the Bianchi (if it still have the same track geometry), make more sense to have a fixed road bike on the road anyway.

Common myth that track bike are fast handling bicycle.

Nice of you to get back so quickly. Well, the road bike has road bike geometry, not the geometry of the Bianchi, but I had assumed that the track bike would be a demon on the road!!

Only if you put your belly on the stem and lock the rear wheel with the infinite power of your legs while screaming "ALL THE SINGLE LADIES!..."

mega lol

it ain't really about the bike ... my favourite race bike was a heavy-ish mountain bike I built from scratch to fit me exactly. fit seems more important than anything else, in my experience.

Dear dulwichrider - that is such an interesting point!