Arudge
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Good all round advice.I'm going to take many more words to say the same as LostKiwi!
Been working on my own vehicles and those of friends and relatives for 44yrs now. Between self and Mrs D we've owned well over 80 vehicles ourselves. I've looked after cars over 30yrs old, Land Rovers 40+ years old, tractors 50+ years old and several motorcycles up to 65yrs old.... some of these vehicles having covered in the range 200k-250k miles. All bar two were on original engines.
For that whole period I've only ever used the best priced oil to meet the spec and not been drawn in by marketing. In my experience of all those vehicles engine lubrication has never been a point of failure related to oil quality however I've dealt with two cars one where constantly running at low oil levels and another where not changing for over 30k miles has given rise to significant wear.
So just meet the spec, avoid very short runs, drive sensibly in the warm up cycle and change yearly... then at your car's current mileage and what you say you expect to do the engine should last well into the electric era.
Edit: Re Bob the oil guy. There is a huge amount of reading on his site and a right load of bull (plus some realistic posts now and again) on the associated forum. However to sum up his own articles he says "I'll not be telling you the best brand" and "meeting specifications is REALLY important".
Just to add, if i may, the short runs allow condensation to form in the oil and will, in time, turn the oil into a milky mess we used to call mayonnaise, rendering the oil useless. Short runs are therefor best avoided.