The Habit Version: The POWER Walkaround

Twenty-two official points read like a pilot's checklist; the skill is compressing them without losing what matters. The split (ours, not NTSA's):

Daily (~90 seconds) — the POWER walkaround: Puddles & paperwork · Obvious tyre check (stance, damage, stones) · Windscreen, wipers, mirrors clean & set · Exterior lights (walk the corners; indicators on) · Restraints (belt clasp clicks). Anything it flags feeds the fuller check.

Walk the car once, in order — P-O-W-E-R — the essentials compressed from the official 10 + 8; anything it flags feeds the fuller pre-journey check.

Pre-journey (before any long or loaded run): the full 10 + 8 — pressures cold including the spare (Lesson 5.3's Mombasa checklist), fluid levels, the brake tests, the kit with both triangles, and paperwork validity dates, not mere presence.
Post-journey (the handbook's forgotten half): two minutes — tyres again, new leaks, anything the trip revealed — booked for repair now, while it's information rather than an emergency.

Key takeaways

Compress without losing substance: the 90-second POWER walkaround daily — Puddles/ paperwork, Obvious tyres, Windscreen/wipers/mirrors, Exterior lights, Restraints
Full 10 + 8 before long or loaded runs; two minutes after every journey — the post-journey check turns failures into appointments

Why split the 22 official checkpoints into a 90-second daily walkaround plus fuller pre- and post-journey checks?

A) To make the essentials a sustainable daily habit, while reserving the full 10 + 8 for long or loaded runs and a two-minute review for after

B) To have an excuse to skip the boring checks

C) There's no point — do all 22 every time or none

D) Because only the daily check is legally required