Cary Mariash wrote:
I think you have accurately described the situation.

I thought as much, but your reply makes it certain. Specifically,
this:

The other difference with the SR22
and Mooney versus the pipers and cessnas is that the former land
relatively flat, while the latter land well with a nose high flare.

In reality, almost everything lands well with a nose high flare -
including Cessnas and Pipers. The difference is not so much that the
common Pipers and Cessnas land relatively flat - they land just fine
nose high - but that they land acceptably even if flat. The Mooneys
and the SR22 do not.

When my primary instructor criticised me for landing flat, I thought he
was simply being a sadist. After all, the landings he criticised were
on the mains, not on all three or the nosewheel, and no significant
braking was required even on the 2600 ft runway to stop. I also
couldn't see why he made such a big deal of holding the exact speed on
final - anything between 50 and 70 seemed to work fine. I had no
indications from the airplane that I was doing anything wrong. Of
course this was in a Cessna 150.

In the end, I learned to do it his way, not because he explained to me
why it was important (I'm not sure he knew himself, and he wasn't much
of a communicator) but because I didn't have a lot of good choices for
instruction (as far as I knew then) and I needed his signature to solo
and take the checkride. It was not until I started flying airplanes
that were not nearly as forgiving in this regard that I appreciated
what he was trying to do.

The
transition (to learn how to land) from the 310 to the SR22 took much
more time than the transition from a single engine Cessna (172 and 182)
to the 310 (or a Duchess).

The planes you mention are, in my experience, some of the most docile
and forgiving on landing (in terms of the pitch control precision
required), surpassed in that regard only by the Bonanzas. If you ever
want to experience humility, try an unmodified Twin Comanche - if you
can find one. Most of them, including mine, have been modified (often
in more ways than one) to smooth out the worst of the landing
characteristics.

Michael