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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7 days ago
7 days ago
Gather round, the days are long and the project car updates are coming.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Friday Jun 27, 2025
We're back to remote style podcasts. We cover a bunch of project car updates and talk some events. Let us know how this sounds, we know you will anyway. Come hang out in the discord.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Friday Jun 13, 2025
In this episode we're coming to you in wonderful mono mix. We talk some project car updates, upcoming events and the amazing hobby shops of Japan.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Friday Jun 06, 2025
Friday Jun 06, 2025
Well we are back after a bit of a break. This is a second crack at Andrew reporting on his Japan trip. Good news, this was probably better than the original anyway. If it sounds different, it's because we went old school AOT and recorded it directly into the old trusty H4N. After Andrew's Japan recap we touch on a few project car updates. Thanks for hanging in there folks.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
We think we solved our audio problems. Some nice project car updates from Andrew this week, because the Volvo engine is starting to come together. Brad hit a few car shows this weekend and rescued a friend who installed their car battery backwards. We also have some Casual Motorsport discussion.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Saturday Mar 15, 2025
Saturday Mar 15, 2025
We're back after jumpstarting Brad's internet. A good amount of project car updates on Brad's fleet and a few on Andrew's Volvo and some NASCAR recap. Also few scale project car updates.
We are also working on getting our connection to be better, so thanks for sticking around.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
Wipers, why are they so expensive and why are modern ones so annoying?
We rages on some wipers and cover some scale car stuff.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Finally back with an episode, this is a two weeks in one. We had technical issues two weeks in a row, so this is one episode made from two.
We talk a few Project car updates and a lot of Daytona 500.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Wooo, That's some gas fumes. Andrew accidentally stinks up his house with gas for this episode. We got some project car updates on the Volvo and Brad's Corolla. NASCAR makes it's return for the season to Bowman-Gray stadium for a super fun race and we discuss how Monster Energy livery cars bring big Kyle energy.
Saturday Feb 01, 2025
Saturday Feb 01, 2025
We are really pumped that motorsport season is back. We recap last weekend's Rolex 24 and Rally Monte Carlo. We discuss the upcoming NASCAR clash and the sort of odd broadcast choices for NASCAR this season. This is all after some quick project car updates and rant about expensive things in car culture. We are not fans of enthusiasts being priced out of the hobby.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!