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
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!
Jan 16, 2026
Jan 16, 2026
1 hr 8 min
Brad updates us on his project car fleet. Andrew's Volvo gives him a bunch of trouble with the chokes and we cover NASCAR's new playoff format.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Jan 9, 2026
Jan 9, 2026
1 hr 48 min
Hello listeners, we are back from our holiday break. We've got project car resolutions. Project car updates and some scale project car talk.
Thanks for hanging in there and sticking with us.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Nov 21, 2025
Nov 21, 2025
1 hr 31 min
We cover some project car updates, Andrew is getting really close on the Volvo to starting it. Then spend some time talking 1/10 Scale R/C drifting, because it's Andrew's new micro niche obsession. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform.Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Nov 14, 2025
Nov 14, 2025
50 min
We're back this week with some project car updates and WILL Mitsubishi bring back the EVO?
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Nov 12, 2025
Nov 12, 2025
1 hr 32 min
EDIT: We had Major sync issues with this one initially, I've corrected them, so please give it another listen. Hey folks we're back with some returning guests. Andy and Mercedes Lilienthal join us on this episode and we talk their project cars, and then about driving 29 days straight on mostly dirt roads from the east coast of the U.S. to the west coast while traversing the TransAmerica Trail. We hope you enjoy listening to this adventure as much as we did.Be sure to follow Andy and Mercedes at https://crankshaftculture.com/
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Nov 7, 2025
Nov 7, 2025
1 hr 1 min
We jump right into some project car updates and do our Recap of the NASCAR Cup race finale.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!