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
Apr 17, 2026
Apr 17, 2026
55 min
This week is all about those project car updates. Brad made some mega progress on the Starion and Andrew has a few Volvo updates as both these cars become more and more road worthy.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Apr 10, 2026
Apr 10, 2026
1 hr 24 min
Welcome back to another episode. Brad and Andrew have made some big progress on their project cars. The Starion gas tank is going in and Andrew has been fixing up the wiring issues in the Volvo. Then this weeks topic, we revisit car movies because it's been a while since we last did and some new movies have come out since then. Stay for our takes on some new and not so new car movies that we hadn't seen till recently. The custom episode image is 100% NOT AI, it's a good old fashioned low effort photoshop.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Apr 3, 2026
Apr 3, 2026
1 hr 18 min
Back for another week, We talk some Automotive terms that are cringe for 2026. For project car updates, Andrew has actually worked on the Volvo. Brad is fighting the Lancer, while working trying to finish up the Starion.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Mar 27, 2026
Mar 27, 2026
1 hr 3 min
This week Brad carries the podcast again with project car updates, and we play our favorite game Craig Craig Don't tell me. Brad once again proves his head is filled with lots of random car facts.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Mar 20, 2026
Mar 20, 2026
40 min
A smaller more fuel efficient episode this week. Brad has most of the project car updates, we talk about a few upcoming events and only a little Motorsports talk.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Mar 12, 2026
Mar 12, 2026
1 hr 11 min
Brad reports on some project car updates for the Merkur, recaps his trip to Phoenix Raceway for the Cup race and the we answer your questions. It's been mins, hours since we've done that.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Mar 6, 2026
Mar 6, 2026
57 min
Some project car updates and a little NASCAR talk this week. Andrew is stuck with crummy March weather so Brad is carrying the torch for project car work.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Feb 27, 2026
Feb 27, 2026
1 hr 27 min
We're back with a longer than usual episode. Brad was here in person a for the prior episode so we were able to work on the Volvo in person. The weber carbs got and update and Brad has some Starion updates. We then do a deep dive on some R/C projects and round it up with NASCAR talk.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Feb 13, 2026
Feb 13, 2026
28 min
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!
Feb 6, 2026
Feb 6, 2026
50 min
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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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!