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Both are excellent trainers but I happened to learn and do all my training (all the way through CFII) in the low wings, so I'm partial to them. They tend to float a lot more which (IMHO) makes you a bit better at landings because you're forced to be more precise with your airspeeds. The Cessnas will float too, but not as much and if you're a couple knots fast on approach won't appreciably give you a different result whereas that'll float you another 100' in the Pipers.

I've done a lot of flying in/out of KVNY - there used to be a place called American Aviation up there (don't know if it's still around) that had an inexpensive Seminole I rented on a x/c trip to Dallas some years ago. Fun airport - and you can fly there at night which is great (unlike KSMO which is saddled with restrictions because of all the rich NIMBYs living around the airport). It does get busy on the weekends but the controllers are great and do a terrific job.

When on 16L (I'm sure you will be a lot) make sure to track the extended centerline to your crosswind turn - I've seen too many guys start "drifting" a bit too close to the departing traffic off the parallel for my liking. Oh and TPA is lower than standard because of the traffic on approach to KBUR, but I'm sure your instructor will go over all that with you.

Make sure you get over to KAVX for lunch!