Personalized Manual Shift Patterns Desk Mat | Car Guy Gift

Six gearboxes, one glance, and no more hunting for reverse in a borrowed car. This car desk mat lays out the shift patterns a manual driver actually meets, from the 3 on the tree your grandfather learned on to a dog leg box and a sequential lever, drawn as a blueprint reference sheet with first gear marked on every one. The Approved By box carries your name, because on a real drawing the one who signs it is the one who knows the gearbox.

Buying it for someone else? He already owns the shirts. This is the first thing for his desk that says what he drives before he does, and he will spend the first five minutes checking whether we drew his gearbox right. We did, apart from reverse, see the note below.

How to personalize

• Type the name for the Approved By box in the field above Add to cart, up to 14 characters, for example Mike or Chris K. We print it in capitals
• Want the plain reference sheet? Type NONE and we leave the Approved By box off

Perfect for

• The driver who still rows his own gears and has explained why to every passenger who asked
• A wife or girlfriend who has looked at the plain black mat on his desk for three years and knows exactly what belongs there instead
• The home office, the sim rig desk, the workbench where the laptop lives

Desk mat details

• 3 mm neoprene with a textured anti-slip backing that stays put while you type and click
• Stitched, hemmed edges all the way around
• Edge-to-edge dye-sublimation print, so the lines stay crisp and the navy does not fade
• Three sizes: 12 x 18 in (30 x 46 cm) for the mouse, 12 x 22 in (30 x 56 cm) for keyboard and mouse, 16 x 32 in (41 x 81 cm) for the whole desk. Cut by hand, so sizes can vary by up to an inch
• Spot clean with warm water and a little dish soap, air dry flat. No washing machine
• Printed to order. See our delivery policy for production and shipping times.

Reverse position varies by car. The patterns show the most common layouts.

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