1911's are like a hott ex-girlfriend; expensive, high maintainence, sexy, but fail to work when you need them to! They are sexy and nice to look at, but that's about it.
I have seen the "high maintenance" thing a lot about 1911s. I don't get it. What constitutes high maintenance? I also hear that 1911s require work and do not operate "out of the box". WTF? I couldn't mess up a GI issue 1911 if I tried. I guess for some people taking an oily rag and wiping down your gun once a week constitutes "high maintenance". A 1911 is a gun persons gun. They are for people who actually like guns and don't mind spending time with them. For all others plastic is fantastic.