[Hitstirrer]

I press the P on the stalk when coming to a halt. But hold the brake pedal on at the same time. I do realise that this uses the locking pawl to prevent further movement, rather than the physical brakes, but I plead a greater need at the time.

This habit developed because many such halts also involve a charging session at home, and I use voice control to open the charging door. That voice action doesn't work if the car isn't in park. I do know the 'correct' sequence, as explained by @EVmastertech in post #5 above, but the time taken to go through his stage 1 to stage 7 out of the 8 stages would be too long and ponderous.

After pressing Park on the stalk I then press the voice activate button and ask her to open the charge door, at the same time I am removing the seat belt and parking my driving specs in the holder on the magnetic panel. Only then do I switch the car off, which activates the physical brakes.

I do know that this is not the correct process 'by the book' and I do realise that technically it is loading the pawl mechanism incorrectly if on a slope. But in my defence I always firmly hold the brake pedal after a stop to engage the 'hold' feature, and only press P once all motion has stopped. The slight bobble is just the pawl settling into the nearest slot and not really any huge physical stress.

Perhaps if most stops didn't involve a charge session I would use the 'text book' stages 1 through 8 but at present there are far too many actions taking place, including my voice/belt/specs actions, inside the same few seconds, for a mere male to carry out. Multitasking has never been my forté.