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
Sep 20, 2024
Sep 20, 2024
1 hr 3 min
Project car updates alert. Brad's got ANOTHER project truck and Andrew moves Volvo. We also talk the fantastic Walkins Glen Cup race.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Sep 13, 2024
Sep 13, 2024
1 hr 53 sec
We're back with a rental car review, some project/car garage updates and a Scale auto cast segment. We also talk the first race of the NASCAR play offs.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Aug 30, 2024
Aug 30, 2024
1 hr 17 min
Andrew went to Gridlife and Brad recaps his new Garage life.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Aug 23, 2024
Aug 23, 2024
1 hr 27 min
With Mercedes and Andy Lilienthal
They spend 16 days driving in the Superlative Adventure Club Baltic Sea rally, the northernmost rally in the world. It spanned 9 countries around the Baltic sea and above the Arctic circle with two crossings. Over 4k miles driven with no GPS only paper maps and on top of that, they did in an all electric VW ID. Buzz van. They also raised over $3k dollars for the Jessi Combs Foundation.
Take a listen as they tell us about this once in a lifetime trip.
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You can find Mercedes and Andy at crankshaftculture.com
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Aug 16, 2024
Aug 16, 2024
1 hr 22 min
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!
Aug 2, 2024
Aug 2, 2024
1 hr 1 min
Times are tough, but apparently tougher for 3 German brands near and dear to car enthusiasts.
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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Jul 26, 2024
Jul 26, 2024
1 hr 2 min
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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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Jul 19, 2024
Jul 19, 2024
59 min
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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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Jul 12, 2024
Jul 12, 2024
1 hr 23 min
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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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!
Jun 28, 2024
Jun 28, 2024
1 hr 15 min
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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Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!