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Jag owner for two years. Car is 1990 XK-S conv. 5.3L V12 w/35K miles.
Serial is
#171838.  Since purchase, car has used one quart of oil per 1000 miles. I
have been told this is quote normal unquote. Oil is Castrol 10-30 per
owners manual.

Car is not driven from Nov to April. Stored in unheated garage in southern
PA 
(Gettysburg) area. During this storage period I have been starting the car
once a
month, letting it warm to temp, then backing it out of garage and running
it back in again. 

Questions: 1. Is the oil usage figure indeed normal?
2. Are these dead-cold starts doing more harm than good?
3. If answer to #2 is yes, what should be done to prepare the car for five
months of
    total inactivity?

Thanks!
Al Blue
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