You could upsize - to Ford. Albeit, why would you?
Other points - agree. This is all part of the 'rebalancing' to claw back all the advances in opportunity and freedom (and hope) for the plebs that emerged in the 50s and 60s.
I got £5K in debt during the Lawson bust, with £800 a month going out on mortgage and commute (up to London every day) and a post tax income of £1000 a month. I'd bought a house in 89, largely to please the missus (we were renting in Brixton, so....) but the interest rates soon zoomed to a peak...
Morning squire. Were you the bloke is a tizz a couple of years ago because a mortgage looked like an impossibility? If so - congrats - happy for you! If not, sorry for mixing you up with someone else.,