But it's a bucket list thing, and we need to live our lives.
The Omaka Heritage Centre is a gobsmacking exhibition as you would know if you've been there.
Let's get to it: the Merlins.
They are hung on a Mossie that spent more than half a century sheltered in a shed in Mapua.
Every so often they are started up to see if they still work.
The last two exhaust ports are Siamesed to avoid interfering with the radiators, I was informed.
The engine development kind of worked backward - initially the manifold exhausted into a single pipe.
But they found that doing them individually added 15mph. They simply ran out of room, and so lived with the compromise.
OK so the Merlin rulz...but they also display an engine which was the go-to for fast and powerful machinery for a few decades from 1917.
The Napier Lion
It powered a version of the Supermarine racer, granddaddy of the Spitfire.
It's a W12, essentially a V8 with 4 more cylinders stuck into the V.
The museum are working toward getting this one running.
I'd go back just to hear those 24 litres speak.
There is of course, More.
Charl ...keep them coming Sir.
Watch on 
