I spent a couple of days at the aviation mecca known as Oshkosh this week and as I sat on the flight line for hours and hours watching planes of all shapes and sizes come and go I realized something....Nice Piper singles with low wings (like the Cherokee) are rare. Honestly, I saw only one that looked nice, the rest looked, lets just say used. Cessnas on the other hand usually looked wonderful (with one horrible exception in the vintage area). Mooneys were a mix, some were great, some looked like a Cherokee
So my question is, why do Cherokees, Arrows, etc so often look worn out?
I love one response I got when I asked some others about it: "Its a Piper, you buy a Piper to beat the $hit out of it!"