Hi everyone , just joined the forum look forward to meeting some nice people . I found via a friend of mine last week a 1998 XJ , other than the incredibly low miles ( 4800 !! ) to be precise , the car is due to being kept in an air cocoon as good as the day it left the factory. It has had 3 no Jaguar services up to 2014 , subsequently the current owner passed away , since the  other than to go for its annual MOT its done less than 400 miles in 7 years . It drives faultlessly , not a squeak rattle it just purrs along . My issue is and that why I am asking is should I get the car booked into a local specialist and get all the fluids etc changed plus any other bits that others with better knowledge than I could recommend . Appreciate any advice , sincere thanks Mark 

Hi Mark, and welcome to the club.

The XJ is the top off the range Jaguar, and was used by Royalty as well as Senior members of the government and still is.

I was offered one 8 years ago that had been used by the Queen but I have an an L shaped drive and my s type carefully misses the bay window, which the xj could not do.

Yes I would take the car to a good Jaguar mechanic and have all the fluids including the il in both engine and gearbox -  a good car needs a good meal as it were.

My s type has done 87,000 miles and is a very smooth drive and it does get the treatment every year and it is only 14 years old.

It sound a real good buy.

Regards,

Peter.