Not to bash my Cessna brothers (i'm going to join you soon with a 172 rating) i find the PA-38 much more comfortable, a 'proper' seat and enought shoulder room for two big blokes (but not full fuel)
What i did like about the Cessna was the slow speed approaches and the feeling you could experiment with it and it wouldn't bite you.
I still remeber staring in disbelief at the ASI reading 45kts while happily wheels off drifting down the runway (yes it was a bad floaty landing but it showed me something)
A Tommie would be dropping through the sky at 45kts.
I may even conceed my issue about the view.....
Back on thread a 'modern' version of the 152 with the standard six would sell like hotcakes, i can see the flying schools queueing up!