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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Episodes
Friday Oct 17, 2025
Friday Oct 17, 2025
We kick it right off into Brad's salvage yard trip, then into some other project car updates. Then have some old man opinions on car meets that are TOO big and wrap it up with some NASCAR talk, including a test drive of the NASCAR '25 video game.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Friday Oct 10, 2025
Friday Oct 10, 2025
Brad and Andrew spend the past weekend enjoying Japanese themed car shows on opposite sides of the country but the common them was that we enjoyed them with some great friends and their cool little cars. We also get into some project car updates/downdates and we ramble on a bit about lost car magazines.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Friday Oct 03, 2025
Friday Oct 03, 2025
We're back for another episode. Sorry we've been having audio issues and internet issues. However we have it solved now. Brad has replaced his internet, and our levels sound good. Mostly some minor Volvo updates, and Brad goes into his Corolla engine tear down. Which had some super odd engine failure. Listen to find out what happened.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Friday Sep 26, 2025
Friday Sep 26, 2025
Andrew Recaps the NASCAR race in NH. We barely worked on any project cars, but we play the fan favorite Craig Craig Don't tell me and are terrible at it.
Also sorry for the broken audio levels on the last episode.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
We're back after a little break because of a break in Brad's internet wires. Andrew also went on vacation. But we made good use of that time attending some cool events and working on Project cars. The Ram50 had some issues, and the Volvo gets a lot closer to running.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Friday Aug 22, 2025
Friday Aug 22, 2025
Brad finally gets to Car week, and looses the brakes. Andrew feels like the Volvo will be ready to run soon.
We also squeeze in a bit of NASCAR talk.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Friday Aug 08, 2025
Friday Aug 08, 2025
We are back, lack of last week's episode was do to Subaru going cheap on rear wheel bearings. Bear with us as we rant about the cost of services and dealerships. We also have some project car updates and discuss the Brickyard 400.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Friday Jul 25, 2025
Friday Jul 25, 2025
We're back in the basement for this episode. So if you hear a dog or the dryer, it's just part of the experience. Brad and Andrew got to Judge at the Misselwood Concours d'Elegance. Then Andrew with a lot of back up from his Dad and friends got the Volvo engine and transmission back into the car. Brad finally got the 74 Colt up and running for good?
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Friday Jul 18, 2025
Friday Jul 18, 2025
Brad buys an Anchor and Andrew completes some automotive side quests.
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Friday Jul 04, 2025
Friday Jul 04, 2025
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!