As best as I can tell everything in the cabin is shut off. As I sit there marveling at the splendor of my new purchase, I hear a buzzing from the center counsel. Is this normal?

 

Yes, the buzzing is actually a small DC motor and impeller behind that little black plastic grill below the instrument cluster to the right (in my LHD) of the steering column. It draws cabin air over a sensor for the climate control. It will turn off in a few minutes.
Got me puzzled when I bought mine too.

 

+1

I also think it will be the In-Car Aspirator you can hear.

Jaguar nomenclature can be strange. The grille for the In-Car Aspirator is arrowed in YELLOW. It is beneath the IP (Instrument Pack) arrowed in BLUE. The Centre Console is arrowed in RED:





And that's before we even talk about my steering wheel being on the opposite side.

Graham

 

The sound made by the aspirator usually isn't noticeable unless it's dirty.

Worth reading:
Noisy Aspirator

 

Like this typical example perhaps.





The XK is usually a lot quieter than the aspirator on the earlier XK8 but it was the size of a small cooling fan.

Graham

 

Thanks. It is still quiet but I noticed it with the engine off and just sitting in the car. If the engine was running or the radio on, it would never have been heard.

 

Was this company the supplier for the XK8's big asspirator?



https://www.bigassfans.com/company/

 

I was amazed to find that is a real company ......... until I saw it's Australian.

Graham

 

G, You've seen too many Dickens Cider adverts

 

Big *** Fans is not Australian. It is a privately-owned American corporation headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, with subsidiary corporate branch offices in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Canada.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ass_Fans

https://www.bigassfans.com/press-rel...-headquarters/
They've been negotiating with Kim Kardashian to be their spokesperson. No one else has more Big *** Fans!