Having a conversation today, and I thought that provided an oil meets the LR specs, it would be OK?

for example, Mannol have an oil, spec says STJLR.03.5003 and ACEA A5/B5 and is fully synthetic, but it is pretty cheap compared to others available here in France.

Best avoided or OK?

It's the correct specification - as in it meets the minimum requirements, they are a decent brand but don't have the manufacturer affiliations of Mobil, Castrol etc.
Personally i wouldn't hesitate to use it provided the vehicle isn't continually being worked hard and service intervals extended.

Cheers.

Car does not work hard and I change the oil more often than schedule says

Then buy it, relax and spend the savings on some good wine & cheese.

Well that's what i'd do!.

I've used Mannol oils previously and not had any problems. If it meets the spec, it meets the spec. Kev

2014 L405 RR Vogue SE 4.4 SDV8 in Corris Grey
2010 L320 RRS HSE 3.0 TDV6 in Stornoway Grey

Hi,

agree with above ^ got an oil change on the D3 next week and 5L of mannol arrived last week ready for the change it was £16.50 delivered, correct spec and only needed the 5L as still got some from last time

The D3 spec is w2c913-D

knwatkins wrote:

I've used Mannol oils previously and not had any problems. If it meets the spec, it meets the spec.

ditto from me too,

If it meets the spec, and there is no higher spec, you can’t really improve on that, can you?  V6 Vogue - “Less is More” - less to go wrong!