A 172 and a Eurostar/Thruster is quite a contrast.
I migrated from PPL to Micros as I had already done Night and IR in a previous life and despite my best efforts rarely flew with two seats filled let alone four so I moved to micros and I instantly halved my cost per flying hour.
If you start with NPPL(M) its no problem moving to PPL/NPPL(SSEA) if you feel the need to make use of the utility that can offer you. . . . at a price.