I had a 152 for years, flew a thousand hours in it all over Europe. Great bit of kit. I fitted K&N Filter, Gap Seals and Sensenich prop when I zero timed the enngine along with a full IFR fit, Garmin, Fuel computer etc. With the mods it would cruise at 100kts at 2300rpm doing 23lph.
Cheap fun flying in anyone's book. I swapped it in for a souped up Hawk XP for private flying. You can't beat a Cessna for performance, value and versatility.