Hey!
I fly the C172 in schooling and I find it a teriffic a/c for this purpose. It's very stable during T/O and landing and if possible, even more stable in straight and level. If it is the standard with fixed undercarriage, you will find it very forgiving if you bring it down a bit too fast! You can drop a cessna from 10 ft and it will survive, try that with a low-wing a/c.
There is as there will be with the warrior, no problem regarding fuel selection as it is a high-winged a/c. This means one less item on the checklist which may be forgotten during longer flights.
And as for VFR navigation, I would consider the view from a cessna a lot better as there are no wings in the way. I have, however, never flown a warrior, but I flew an Arrow yesterday and, compared to the Cessna, I found it annoying to navigate.
Another thing to consider I think is in which state the a/c are, the quality of the maintenance they've recieved etc and if it is an issue, what equippment they have such as GPS, DME and other goodies. Go with the one with which the least amount of problems are likely to occur (my word: the Cessna 172)
regards/lns
[This message has been edited by low n' slow (edited 24 March 2001).]
[This message has been edited by low n' slow (edited 24 March 2001).]