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TO ILLUSTRATE how filthy my XK8 had become, it looked dirtier and less cared for than a holiday hire car. Not only had I not washed the coupe before I’d put it away for winter last December but a drive to Stratford-upon-Avon for a night away with my wife in February (see the Spring 2024 issue) when it rained harder than a South Asian monsoon made it more so.
With plans to use the XK8 more nowthe XK8’s first wash this year.