WTF has happened here?
WTF has happened here?
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nikaiyo2

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5,672 posts

217 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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This morning I park up my car in the office car park, and lock it. Get in this afternoon and there is a lump on the steering wheel, it feels a bit like a bit of sticker or something, I just presume I have a bit of label or what not on my hand and try to pick it off... there is a cut on the leather of the wheel...

Any thought on WTF has happened?




Mr.Chips

1,191 posts

236 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Do you wear a ring?

Mammasaid

5,216 posts

119 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Someone's broken into your car and fitted an indicator stalk without you knowledge biggrin

nikaiyo2

Original Poster:

5,672 posts

217 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Mr.Chips said:
Do you wear a ring?
Nope! Wearing a ceramic cased watch also

Mammasaid said:
Someone's broken into your car and fitted an indicator stalk without you knowledge biggrin
LOL dont worry its just dummy, their for show :P

POIDH

2,694 posts

87 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Did you have a coat or bag on passenger seat and take it with you as you exited drivers door?

(We can come up with all sorts of bantz / fun explanations, but at the end of the day if the car was locked they you have somehow done it as you got out or have not noticed it for a while)

Unreal

8,659 posts

47 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Your partner or a child did it and either didn't notice or more likely thought you wouldn't.

(Ghosts aren't real)

SteBrown91

2,960 posts

151 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Ive done similar with my fingernail, but more of a surface scrape than a cut. Looks and feels rubbish but it does eventually wear down smooth from use.

jonwm

2,666 posts

136 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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I had this on my last BMW, it was like someone had but as Stanley blade round the wheel. Noticed it when driving off and like you thought something had got stuck on it. Very strange

5s Alive

2,619 posts

56 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Car been serviced recently? MOT'd? Looks like a drag mark from something with a sharp metal edge, clipboard or similar. Wild guess, probably wrong.

Tabs

1,068 posts

294 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Hit it with the seat belt without realising.

StuntmanMike

13,186 posts

173 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Johnny five works there and has driven your car.

nikaiyo2

Original Poster:

5,672 posts

217 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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I do have freakish finger nails but don’t recall catching it!

I am pretty certain it was not like it this morning, it’s bloody annoying lol

HasToBeV8

162 posts

110 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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I had something similar once. No idea how it occurred. I bit of leather polish and a microfibre cloth thankfully got rid of it though (I didn't think that was going to work either, but it did!)

Dog Biscuit

1,536 posts

19 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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When you say 'lump' are you referring to the gouge/abrasion?

As in the second pic, to the left of the 'gouge' there looks to be a slight lump - but possibly the light?

So what are you referring to?


nikaiyo2

Original Poster:

5,672 posts

217 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Dog Biscuit said:
When you say 'lump' are you referring to the gouge/abrasion?

As in the second pic, to the left of the 'gouge' there looks to be a slight lump - but possibly the light?

So what are you referring to?
Nah it’s a “cut” not a lump as such, but it’s tactile, when steering it’s obviously there. Will try some leather cleaner and micro on it.

Downward

5,209 posts

125 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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I’ve got the same,
Strange isn’t it

Dog Biscuit

1,536 posts

19 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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nikaiyo2 said:
Dog Biscuit said:
When you say 'lump' are you referring to the gouge/abrasion?

As in the second pic, to the left of the 'gouge' there looks to be a slight lump - but possibly the light?

So what are you referring to?
Nah it s a cut not a lump as such, but it s tactile, when steering it s obviously there. Will try some leather cleaner and micro on it.
Id suggest wetting it by wrapping a wet cloth around it then drying with a hairdryer to help raise the impression

Tim Cognito

905 posts

29 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Looks like a scratch from a cats claw, have you had any cats drive the car recently?

carguy45

976 posts

186 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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Where were your keys when you parked? Did you put them in your hand and then lean on the steering wheel as you were getting out?

drmike37

570 posts

78 months

Friday 21st November 2025
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I’ve done similar with a finger nail. It happens.