Send it same day and they pay same week, that little bit of speed just makes them feel bad for sitting on it.

Honestly, going by feel has saved my butt more times than it's burned me. Fifteen years of muscle memory doesn't just disappear because one bolt let go, that's a fluke not a pattern. Half the old timers I know can hit 44 ft-lbs within a couple pounds and they never touch a wrench unless it's a head bolt or something critical. Plus torque wrenches lie too if they're dropped or never calibrated, so you're trusting a tool that can be just as wrong as your arm.

Did you actually buy the pass before checking how small Brussels is? The whole city center is like a 30 minute walk end to end, so yeah, you got played. Next time just get a 10 trip metro card for like 17 euros and save the rest for beer.