To be fair, learning quickly isn't a concern for me, I have no desire to be a professional pilot, my goal is simply to fly as a hobby, but as safely as possible!!!
Its interesting you mention people learning from scratch in a Cirrus, I guess getting as many hours on type as possible makes sense! That said do any schools teach in a Cirrus? I was looking around the London schools and I haven't seen any that run a PPL course from scratch in a Cirrus :-(