There is a reason why Cherokee 140s sale for around $35k and similar year 172s go for many times that.
First, that is not an accurate statement. If you are looking at airplanes manufacturered in the same year with similar hours, in similar condition, and similarly equiped... 172s sell for more than a Cherokee... typically $5,000 to $10,000 more and this is most likely because most people learned to fly in a Cessna.
On the airport where we have our house and hangar our neighbors own a wide varity of aircraft so I am not unaccustomed to this type of conversation. It is just plain silly.
Price: $ 195,000