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Depends on your driving and where you live. Long trips? High speed? Cold winters, Hot summers? From an owners manual: "Caution: SAE 5W-30 is not recommended for sustained high-speed driving". From the oil chart, 10W-30 will cover you from below zero to 90 plus degrees F. Oils have changed over the years and so has your engine. EA82? An EA82 with high mileage likes thick oil. Don't freak out about the 'high mileage' term. You can take apart an EA82 with 250,000 miles on it and still see the hone marks on the cylinder walls. I use Castrol 50W in summer and 40W in winter. I don't do synthetics for my EA82. I am not in a hot / cold climate. Finding 50W Castrol is becoming difficult. Engine oil is a gut call and has been discussed ad nauseam. If you have to have oil shipped to you, check out 'ROCKAUTO.COM' for conventional oils. Good luck.