Yeah, I jumped the Cessna boat after private and started flying Pipers. (Cherokee/Arrow/Seminole) To be fair, the only Cessna that I've been in was a somewhat spartan 1978 C152. The wind tends to have its way with you in that airplane and to associate the words climb and performance with that airplane is a little bit of a joke on a hot/high dens. altitude day.
I'm hoping that the next Cessna that I fly won't have a propeller.
Dave