Hang on.....I'm not taking anything away from C150/152 and PA28's. I know they are great training aircraft. I know they are maintained well despite sometimes looking a bit shabby. Way I see it is if the thing has survived being slammed in to the ground by trainee pilots day in day out for 40 years it must be fine!
BUT.....the point is why fly an old, shabby, characterless aircraft when there are smart, modern, more interesting equivalents out there that do just the same thing for the same price?
Someone posted something earlier comparing it to learning to drive in a Metro - bit of a heap but reliable and did everything it needed to etc. I totally agree. But given the choice between learning to drive a Metro or a brand new BMW 3 series (Or whatever) for the same price it's a bit of a no brainer.