Good to see XN246 is still around, although the aircraft seemed to be my nemesis when I was doing the old GS at 617. I'm pretty sure I used 246 for my first pre-solo check and I tried to impress the boss in the back by flying a nice high circuit drifting outwards on the base leg to lose some more height and then finding myself turning finals with way too much height. To paraphrase Air Clues - I learnt about flying from that!
246 did seem to be less comfortable to me, it was a bare wood seat in the front, and I hated flying in it and avoided it when I could.