Acquired the jag in Oct 2025. XK8 MY2001 convertible. Went into the garage for the winter, live in the Canadian Rockies, warm covered and clean. At least once every 2 weeks when the sun was out and the temp went positive I opened the garage and fired up the car, rolled it in and out of the garage and operated the top if above 7 degrees Celsius. Spring has arrived and roads are getting cleaned up. I plan to have it into the local shop for a basic service and check up. The big question, what should I be watching for after 6 months of 'rest'?

 

Carefully bring it back to the living, let it run in order to get all temperatures up, cooling fans, move temp to cool/warm, check brakes, check lights, radio antenna, run through gearbox a few times.. Operate convertible, check for leaks, stick your nose down in the engine bay and smell it.. fuel, oil, coolant or electric smell? Any squeeks, squeels or whining sounds?
Make sure battery is still good (quite important). Check for OEBD codes.
Check tirepressure.
Else.. if it drives nicely you should in my humble opinion be good.

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sounds good. Gave it some regular exercise throught the winter. Will follow your advice then have my local shop give it a once over.