Great post Dave, thank you very much.
I am looking over the Stratus LE as well since they do show up used from time to time.
One thing that's a must have for me is disc brakes. Where I live in the Seattle area is wet and blessed with many steep hills. Perhaps I'm being unnecessarily paranoid but I just don't trust the brakes on the Sun. I would probably keep the Sun a while longer if it had discs.