Auto Off Topic
Auto Off Topic is a weekly podcast where we talk cars, adventures with cars or anything that might be related to cars. We’ll even have the occasional guest.We’ll share the highs and lows of old car/project car ownership. We’ll tell cautionary tales about rusty bolts, blown head gaskets, snapped timing belts, spun bearings, janky wiring and how we fixed them. When not wrenching, we enjoy back road driving and our local Cars and Coffee. The hosts Brad DeSantis and Andrew Pascarella are two car enthusiasts who have been best friends for over 30 years. Auto Off Topic is based in Peabody Ma and Phoenix Az. Our closing song is part of ”Z/28” is graciously provided by the band Z/28. Follow and support them here:https://www.facebook.com/nobodyridesforfree/https://nobodyridesforfree.bandcamp.com/album/z28
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36 minutes ago
36 minutes ago
A shorter podcast this week live from the old studio basement. We've got a few project car updates and some motorsport talk.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Friday Feb 06, 2026
Friday Feb 06, 2026
We're back and Brad had the updates an carries the show with content. Lots of project car updates from the west and some coverage of Arizona Car Week.
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Friday Jan 16, 2026
Friday Jan 16, 2026
Brad updates us on his project car fleet. Andrew's Volvo gives him a bunch of trouble with the chokes and we cover NASCAR's new playoff format.
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Friday Jan 09, 2026
Friday Jan 09, 2026
Hello listeners, we are back from our holiday break. We've got project car resolutions. Project car updates and some scale project car talk.
Thanks for hanging in there and sticking with us.
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Friday Nov 21, 2025
Friday Nov 21, 2025
We cover some project car updates, Andrew is getting really close on the Volvo to starting it. Then spend some time talking 1/10 Scale R/C drifting, because it's Andrew's new micro niche obsession. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform.Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com
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Friday Nov 14, 2025
Friday Nov 14, 2025
We're back this week with some project car updates and WILL Mitsubishi bring back the EVO?
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Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
EDIT: We had Major sync issues with this one initially, I've corrected them, so please give it another listen. Hey folks we're back with some returning guests. Andy and Mercedes Lilienthal join us on this episode and we talk their project cars, and then about driving 29 days straight on mostly dirt roads from the east coast of the U.S. to the west coast while traversing the TransAmerica Trail. We hope you enjoy listening to this adventure as much as we did.Be sure to follow Andy and Mercedes at https://crankshaftculture.com/
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Friday Nov 07, 2025
Friday Nov 07, 2025
We jump right into some project car updates and do our Recap of the NASCAR Cup race finale.
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Friday Oct 31, 2025
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Happy Halloween folks. We've got some project cars haunting us this week. Brad recaps the Arizona Rising Sun Rally and our finally NASCAR update for the season.
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Friday Oct 24, 2025
Friday Oct 24, 2025
We're back with returning guest Brad Brownell, now with Land Moto an e-Motorcycle maker out of Cleveland OH. Brad gives us the run down on the Motorcycles and some updates on his super cool custom color 996 Turbo.
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AOT Brad has a minor project car update and Andrew is still waiting on some Volvo parts, so he decided get another R/C car.
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