Oh man, that banana idea is honestly not too far off from how useless that gauge would be in this situation. You'd sit there watching it do nothing while your truck bucks and stumbles down the road, completely missing the real problem. At least if you taped a ripe banana to the dash you'd have a snack to calm your nerves while you're stranded. The worst part is that a returnless system makes it harder to just slap a cheap fuel pressure gauge on it too (since you'd have to T into the line somewhere). It's like Ford designed these things specifically to make backyard mechanics pull their hair out.

Termini's bus platform 3 guy saved me 20 euros with a handwritten map too.

Wait, are you saying getting shaken up by a close call is a bad thing? I actually think that's your body telling you to slow down and pay attention. If you saw stars from a hammer hit, you got lucky you didn't break your thumb or worse. I've had a few close calls myself where I shook for a bit after, and that's a good sign you're not totally numb to the danger. The rhythm can wait, your fingers can't. Wouldn't you rather take 20 minutes to calm down than spend weeks healing a broken hand?

Did it yell "I believe I can fly" before it tried?

Stood in front of my longboxes for a solid 15 minutes when I hit 300 like a year ago. I actually got into it because my uncle gave me his old 80s X-Men run (like UXM #200-something to #280ish) and it just snowballed from there. The weird part for me was realizing how many issues I bought just because the cover looked cool (like that Jim Lee X-Men #1 variant, you know the one). It really makes you think about all the random Wednesdays you spent digging through bins at the comic shop.