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
Episodes

4 days ago
4 days ago
43 min
Brad is back from the wide open expanses of Alaska. So we have a few project car updates and we talk the recent NASCAR race at NHMS that Andrew attended.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!

Aug 21, 2026
Aug 21, 2026
1 hr 14 min
Audio is fixed on this one. We want to make listening to this podcast like old car ownership; a frustrating waste of time, but we do it anyway because it's fun. Brad is on vacation, but rather than deprive you fine folks of an episode. Listeners Scott (The Stylus Guy) and Miles (Judge Mills) invited themselves on as guests. Honestly it didn't take much convincing. It's nice to hear from folks that enjoy our show and gives us some different content this week since we discuss their automotive origin stories and some current projects.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!

Aug 7, 2026
Aug 7, 2026
54 min
Here we are again with some project car updates. Slow, but some progress on the Volvo and Brad continues to work on the 944 to get it ready to sell. We've got a little bit of motorsport content and some sound scape talk.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!

Jul 31, 2026
Jul 31, 2026
1 hr 13 min
Hey we're back, we had some very busy times and weren't able to record. But we've got some project car updates and some scale project car updates. Some much needed movement on the Volvo and the Starion is even closer to being 100%. Then we talk some scale car stuff.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!

Jul 3, 2026
Jul 3, 2026
1 hr 5 min
We had a little summer vacation with a lost episode the other week. But we also went to NASCAR at Coronado Navel base. Then we've got a Patriotic topic for this week since it's 4th of July and talk about a few things that we covered on the lost episode.
Which Bicentennial car would you have purchased in 1976?

Jun 11, 2026
Jun 11, 2026
59 min
Andrew got the Volvo to move under its own power and it's another week of it being painfully close to being done enough to drive. Meanwhile Andrew is continuing to chase the Coolant temp issue in the Galant, classic Mitsubishi issue. Brad has the Merkur listed on Cars and Bids. We talk some R/C with Scale Auto Cast and then discuss a little NASCAR.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!

Jun 5, 2026
Jun 5, 2026
1 hr 19 min
We're back for another week. Andrew is painfully close on driving the Volvo, Brad did way more project car projects than he realized. We also simp again this week for the Prime NASCAR broadcast and we played a nice game of Craig Craig don't tell me. With what we think is the first AI description we've seen on Craiglist.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!

May 29, 2026
May 29, 2026
56 min
We're back for another week with some casual race coverage and then some project car updates. The Starion got colder and the Volvo moved a few steps closer to being on the road.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!

May 22, 2026
May 22, 2026
1 hr 11 min
Hey we are back. This episode kicks off with some Motorsports talk and then we get into some project car stuff. Andrew is days away from driving the Volvo and Brad has been treating the Starion to a spa day. Then Andrew talks about some R/C drifting and working on R/C chassis.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!

May 8, 2026
May 8, 2026
1 hr 34 min
OK after a brief hiatus because Brad was absolutely thrashing on the Starion to get it ready for the Driving While Awesome, Camping While Awesome rally. Let's hear about how Brad got there and how it went. Andrew gives a quick Volvo update, progress is progress right? Then we spend the rest of the episode talking about the Starion and the rally. Warning, you'll probably have some FOMO.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!







