Engine oil Castrol or Mannol

I use the blue bottle 5w-40 on my 2.5 Mk5 Rabbit.

Runs quieter than when i used Castrol High Mileage.

About $22 for 5 Qts. of Castrol (you can buy it on Amazon or at Walmart for a decent price). Filter is about $4.00 or more if you buy a premium filter.

OP I have the same car and engine as you, I've been using the cheap Mannol stuff, whichever is cheapest. Also whichever the cheapest oil filter is from ECP at the time. Car is currently on 120k and I've been doing this for at least 5 years and it hasn't eaten itself yet!

You can actually get decent quality oil which is not from an expensive brand for pretty cheap, particularly if you buy a 20l jug.

For example, Mannol offer fully synthetic oils which meet OEM specifications

Been using Mannol 5w30 Full Synthetic for past 35k miles now without any issues.

Germany, 320d, 2008, 280000km, Castrol Edge 5w-30. Every 15000km

Castrol high mileage 5w-30 every 3 to 5k

Any other oil I have tried made my lifter tick super loud in cold weather

I use Castrol Edge 0W-40 in my '08 328, N52. Based on used oil analysis from Blackstone Labs, I'm at a 6K mile change interval.

Smedia had a video about this and he had more wear with less miles using Motul over Castrol in a Blackstone report. So for me just the convenience and price of Castrol edge I'd pick it over Motul. Knowing it had less wear wear was the nail in the coffin of buying overpriced and often several year old Motul.

I will never use castrol again, stupid dark bottle is annoying and makes it hard to tell how much is left