Auto Off Topic
Radon Radio
Updated 1 day agoAuto 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 (410)
DeSantis Motors
In part two of our Father's day special. Brad's Dad stops by to hang out with us and discuss some of their family car history. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Google Music. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Air Supply
A very special guest this week because of Father's day. Andrew's Dad Tony stops by and tells us a little bit about his car history. He is a very accomplished mechanic and helps us and teaches us how to keep our old and newish cars running. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Google Music. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Flag day Bro
Brad and Andrew meander through this very Off Topic episode, talking burn Subaru valves and Le MANNSSS.
Coffee and Outlaws
Before Andrew and Brad answer some listener questions, they talk about meeting a couple listeners at Seacoast Cars and Coffee and a few standout cars they saw. They then give some project car updates, mostly Montero coverage. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Google Music. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Milk was a terrible choice
This episode is brought to you by the orange juice/race car driver'Associationon of America. (OJRCDAA) We talk a little bit about Indy car racing, but more importantly why you do or don't drink milk after strenuous activity. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Google Music. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Lifted expectations
We've got an all Brad and Andrew episode for you fine folks. Brad tells us about his trip to Carlise PA for the Import car show and Andrew helped install a lift kit on a Xterra over the weekend. We catch up with some project car updates and answer listener questions. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Google Music. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/Keep your cars analog!
PleasureEVO!
Enjoy EVO. This week Brad and Andrew get to discuss hill climbs, building janky 4G63 BMWs, Supra powered Raiders and Ralliart gearboxes with Alex Grabau. We hope you have been enjoying all the guests and thank you for listening. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Google Music. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Smokey Mt Raider
Hey folks, our friend from the internets Eric Karahalis phoned in with us to chat about his trip to the Smoke Mountain Overland Rally. Then we discussed some of Eric's car truck history and his love for Dodge Raiders and the appeal of 4x4s and Overlanding. We had a great time talking to Eric and we hope all our listeners enjoy hearing from our guest. Stay tuned for some more in the coming weeks. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Google Music. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Flat Earthlanders
Episode 27 and we finally have our friend Jordan stop by, we've only talked about his cars a bunch of times. It seemed like we should have him on. We casually talk about how we met on the internets and Jordan showed us the way of 4x4s. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Google Music. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Lead Foot
Andrew had a real lead foot over the weekend at the local NER SCCA Rally-x. The Galant is sort of fixed, then Brad and Andrew tackle a few listener questions. Of course, Brad loves 70s and 80s American compacts, because Brad. They also read some listener answers from episode 25 and talk about a few more badge engineered cars. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Google Music. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com Keep your cars analog!
Turn in your badge
Turn in your badge, you're an embarrassment to this car company. Brad and Andrew cover some project car updates and down dates. They also plan on being at Imports of Carlise in PA next month, please stop by the booth to say high and we'd like to record a few episodes while we're there. In this episode, Brad takes us into the strange and interesting world of badge engineering cars. We have a question for our listeners this week; What is your favorite Badge engineered car? You can respond to us on Social media. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and Google Music. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Needs Fuel Pump
Andrew finds out the Galant need a fuel pump in his driveway and then we answer some listener questions. The Dodge Demon didn't need to exist, but it does and we're kinda sorta ok with that.
Events, Events, Events
Winter seems to have finally given up its icy grip. Which means Brad and Andrew are excited to drive their cars this weekend, so they go over some New England car events that they like to attend during the warmer months. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Porschnuciation
Andrew educates Brad on correct Porsche pronunciation, and we cover our regular segments we skipped on episode 21. We then we dive into some listener questions. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Diamond Star rally
In this episode, we have local amateur rally driver Vinnie McMahon stop by and answer some questions about how he got into rallying. Vinnie drove a 1990 Eagle Talon that he turned into a rally from just outside of Boston 8hrs into Canada. Completed 100 stages miles of competition and drove the car back with hardly and issue. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Idle of March
We are struggling with the winter doldrums here. We cover some Mitsubishi news, how odd all the Nissan SUVs are and what Nissan should do to improve Mitsubishi. We get real excited about the Baby Driver trailer and the teaser shots from Subaru's bobsled track stunt. Andrew ordered up some more parts for the Talon, while his Craiglist post for the '89 Montero keeps getting flagged for removal. Brad drove back and forth to Georgia again to pick up another trailer for a customer and we talk about fake concept cars. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Picking up an Escort
Brad picked up and got to drive a Mk1 Ford Escort. Andrew's 1999 Montero is on its way from sunny Arizona and he found some sweet used car parts for future projects. Then we cover some listener questions. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Google Music. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Left side right side
We enjoyed watching the Daytona 500 and touch on a few of our favorite things about it. Andrew and Brad changed the belts on the quirky but nice '79 Accord before it heads off to a new owner. Then we cover a few scale project car updates. Finally, was it Imperialism or the invention of the car that decided what side of the road we drive on? We discuss righthand and lefthand traffic in the back half of the episode.
Raider disappointed
Brad and Andrew ate some naked chicken chalupas, they did not disappoint. However, the damn Junkyard Raider did. As a special treat you can hear the truck fire up right here on this podcast. We promise it will be the only podcast ever to feature audio of a Dodge Raider being started. Then we talk some Tamiya R/C and go over a few scale project cars. Andrew got his Montero wheels overnighted from Japan, well not really, but they still came pretty quickly.
Sweet 16
Andrew's voice is running on 3 cylinders this week. Coloring contest winners are announced! We discuss TSD rallying and the Winter Challenge Rally in VT. Brad is into micro R/C cars. Then we take some listener questions and thank you to everyone listening! Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Mystery Engine
Brad and Andrew both have head colds this week so excuse our voices and coughs. Our friend Jeremy of HotRodCoffeeShop.com stopped by the AOT bunker for a little chat. We learned about Jeremy's six-fo and how it helped him learn to weld and fabricate. Don't worry folks, we find a way to bring it back to Mitsubishis. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
AOT Theater: Long Way Round
Andrew shares his experience at the Rolex 24. Brad has some project car updates on the Raider and Duramax. Then we discuss the new Hotwheels air-cooled set before diving into Auto Off Topic Theater. Brad and Andrew were 13 years late watching the Long Way Round. We talk about how great it was and why you should watch it before it leaves Netflix.
Parts Professionals
We do some project car updates, scale project car updates, and answer some listener questions. This episode is dedicated to our late friend Adrian. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Car history part 2
We talk a little about the ending of Dakar. Andrew said YOLO and booked a trip to the Rolex 24hrs for 24hrs because no one wants to be in Florida for longer than that. Brad buys the rock, er Silverado of his dreams. We cover some scale project car updates and Enzo the dog rips a fart. Then we talk about ALL of Andrew's cars. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!
Laying Elevens
Do a burnout! Brad and Andrew casually discuss Dakar Rally. We cover some scale project cars. Brad has a potential work truck found and we cover some of Brad's car history after realizing we hadn't covered it before. Brad also makes a horrible case for owning a DSM. Then we get down and answer the hard hitting listener questions. Which we thank you all very much for participating. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Vintage Imports of New England http://vintageimportsne.com/ Keep your cars analog!