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

Midlife R/C

Friday Aug 16, 2024

Friday Aug 16, 2024

We're back from Olympic break and so is NASCAR. We hear about Brad's garage and just how far down the rabbit hole Andrew has go back into R/C. 
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!

Is this Podcast Bankrupt?

Friday Aug 02, 2024

Friday Aug 02, 2024

Times are tough, but apparently tougher for 3 German brands near and dear to car enthusiasts.
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Make yourself a Project

Friday Jul 26, 2024

Friday Jul 26, 2024

We have good intentions of improving project cars, but every once and a while they go sideways. Andrew messes up a project on the G20. We talk the entertaining but frustrating Brickyard 400 and Play some Craig Craig don't tell me. 
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Hot Auto Off Topic Nights

Friday Jul 19, 2024

Friday Jul 19, 2024

Brad reveals a new project vehicle, surprise, not surprised. We discuss some NASCAR and a little bit about the Goodwood Festival of Speed. 
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Banning Old Cars

Friday Jul 12, 2024

Friday Jul 12, 2024

Brad has some project car updates on the garage. We Talk NASCAR's Chicago street race and the mess ups and poor planning they had. Then discuss some concerning news that the Mass RMV is banning Kei vehicles and what that means for old car enthusiasts. 
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Episode TSI Three Fifty

Friday Jun 28, 2024

Friday Jun 28, 2024

It's the 350th episode. Andrew did some more interior work, and continued to make it rain at races. Brad learned to drive a skid steer and is totally ready to be a heavy equipment operator now. 
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Friday Jun 21, 2024

We talk the hot weather. Andrew's power cuts out and we discuss NASCAR, LeMans and all the good but also shitty ways streaming has made watching racing easier. Then cover some project car updates. 
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That's my good junk

Friday Jun 14, 2024

Friday Jun 14, 2024

Brad is looking for someone to take his junk and we talk about some fun attainable project cars using real CL posts. You can absolutely get a running and driving project car for under $10k and have money to spend on personalizing it.
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Maniacal work

Friday Jun 07, 2024

Friday Jun 07, 2024

We do a lot of maniacal work on our cars here at AOT. We talk some sheds for the over 40 demo and a few project car updates. Then we chat a lot about last weekends motorsports. 
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A Little Sway

Friday May 31, 2024

Friday May 31, 2024

We're back from Indy. Brad survived a trip up inside a stainless steel arch and installs a weeber carb from Temu on the Colt. Andrew grabbed a bunch of cheap used parts for the Volvo and a new made in Mass shift knob, but neglects to fix the engine. 
 
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The opinions expressed on Auto Off Topic are solely those of the hosts and not affiliated with any company they may work for or sponsored by. Be chill and don‘t steal our content please, and thanks for listening.

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