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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 ...
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To All The Cars I’ve Loved Before

To All The Cars I've Loved Before

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The only podcast that shares life lessons through cars, because every car tells a story. Every car tells a story. Your first car, your second car, the car you own now. We talk to everyday people about 2-3 about their most beloved or hated cars with a mix of automotive news, and the history of the cars, manufacturers, and designers. American history, automotive history, your history. Learning to drive, road trips, getting together.. Join your friends, family, and neighbors from across the US ...
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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. Buz…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug What if your teenage car could tell tales of rebellion, life lessons, and the bonds of friendship? This week, we’re thrilled to welcome Aimee and John Russell, who are here to share their nostalgic high school memories, their unique first cars, and the friendships that have shaped their lives. Join us…
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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. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com Join the Discord, message on the socials for a link. …
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug Ever wondered what it’s like to grow up with cars deeply woven into your family history? Join us as we step back in time with our special guest, Joe, and explore generations of car enthusiasts in his family. Hear about his grandfather, a World War II veteran who not only worked at Ford, drove a Model …
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Times are tough, but apparently tougher for 3 German brands near and dear to car enthusiasts. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com Join the Discord, message on the socials for a link. Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!…
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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. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; …
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug What if the car of your dreams was just a few miles away, waiting for you to discover it? Join us as we kick off Season 2 of "To All the Cars I've Loved Before" with our special guest, Jim Gravina. Jim takes us from his roots in Syracuse, New York, to Northern Virginia, weaving in stories of his early…
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Brad reveals a new project vehicle, surprise, not surprised. We discuss some NASCAR and a little bit about the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com Join the Discord, message on the socials for a link. Keep…
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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. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Qu…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug Ever wondered how a simple car could shape a family's bond and individual passions? This week on "All the Cars I've Loved Before," we're joined by a guest who's near and dear to us —Christian's sister Danielle, or Dee, as she's affectionately known. Dee unpacks the origin of her nickname and shares so…
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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. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com Jo…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug Ever wondered how a car enthusiast could turn a hobby into a thriving YouTube channel with 19,000 subscribers? Meet Richard, our special guest with a wealth of experience in auto mechanics, teaching, and digital content creation. In this episode of "All the Cars I've Loved Before," Richard shares his …
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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. 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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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. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaint…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug Relive the excitement of acquiring your first car as our inaugural guest for season 2, Chris Oliver, recounts several unforgettable car experiences beginning with his maroon 1990 Toyota Celica GT, complete with chrome wheels and a giant spoiler. Picture this: a 17-year-old Subway "sandwich artist" is …
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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. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com Join the Discord, m…
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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. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Ques…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug In our Season 1 finale, our humble co-hosts have a special episode to share as automotive royalty cruises in with none other than Kat DeLorean joining Christian and Doug on the show. She regales our team with reminisces, observations and big block banter about her life and times. From cybersecurity to…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug In our final preview leading up to the full episode with Kat DeLorean, she tells us about the time that everyone in the gym froze when she mentioned that she did not know how to drive a stick shift. But John DeLorean couldn’t let this continue, so he drags her home and gave her the keys to his manual …
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug Our podcast is about learning life lessons through cars, so who better to have as our guest on this episode than Brian Paone, a man who makes a living writing stories as a successful, published author which he used to fund his dream car purchase. Brian comes from a family with deep automotive roots; g…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug Here's a preview trailer of our upcoming episode where author, musician, father, and detective, Brian Paone, talked himself out of buying a Delorean. Please follow the show on your favorite Podcast platform to be the first to hear the entire episode when it drops tomorrow. https://podcasts.apple.com/.…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug If you enjoy the intersection of life stories and cars, you'll want to hear the Brian Paone episode on our podcast, "To All The Cars I've Loved Before," dropping early next week. Remember to subscribe/follow the podcast for updates. For now, here's a bonus trailer about Brian's first car! https://podc…
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Big things in this episode, a major project car updates. That's really the main theme of this episode, just straight project car talk. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com Join the Discord, message on the socials for a link. Keep you…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug In our preview leading up to the full episode with Kat DeLorean, she tells us how her dad, John DeLorean, felt about her 2002 Harley Davidson edition Ford F-150. --------- Keep following the podcast on your favorite platform to hear new content and be alerted when the full episode with Kat DeLorean dr…
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A little NASCAR talk and right into project cars. Projects are kicking off and Brad and Andrew are getting some stuff done. Andrew's Volvo is headed his way and the RMV unsurprisingly gave him a hard time. We've got Starion updates, Mustang Updates, Galant Updates, Eclipse updates. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite l…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug Our guest has loved cars since her dad taught her to drive at an early age! She is definitely a savant in terms of knowing a lot about all of the cars of her past and present - not to mention planning for her next car. Listen as we (Ford) probe like Woodward and Bernstein for the story behind the stor…
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Mostly some project car updates and and a round of Craig Craig Don't tell me. Brad ruined his childhood memories apparently by reading some old car magazines and Andrew's volvo will soon be on the way. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmai…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug Our co-host Christian usually has ten cups of coffee before each recording session. For this recording of our commercial, he drank eleven. Join us as he babbles at light speed about our upcoming interview with Kat DeLorean! Yes, THAT Kat DeLorean! Good thing we don't pay him by the minute or we'd be o…
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We talk some expensive car restorations for Millennial favorite cars. Project car updates on Mitsubishis and a Volvo, and some stories about crashing other people's cars. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com Join the Discord, message…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug Ashes to Ashes, Dust to The Dirt Mobile. Listen in as David joins us to recount the time of his life during college with his 1962 Dodge Lancer aka The Dirt Mobile. This infamous car had quite the reputation on campus and it even doubled as sleeping quarters for a time. And while David doesn't consider…
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We are back into project car season. Andrew's been digging in the Junk yard and Brad's been digging into Andrew's volvo. We also chat about the Eclipse(not the broken one) and some NASCAR and how boring the circle tracks where. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; ema…
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We've been slacking on project cars, so Andrew decided to buy another one. Listen to this episode to find out what it was. We cover some other project car updates too. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com Join the Discord, message on…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug What happens in the Dodge, stays in the Dart. Mike had such an affinity for Dodge Dart's that he bought a second one, but it was all over once he found something special, a Buick Special that is! If two Darts and a Special didn't get your attention, wait until you hear about his current car!…
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We rant about over priced project cars and flipping culture, recap NASCAR at COTA and play some fan favorite Craig Craig Don't tell me. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com Join the Discord, message on the socials for a link. Keep yo…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug Lincoln Lawyer? Whatever. Matthew McCaughney has nothing on this legal eagle, Eric. Check out his first three automotive conquests: a British racing green Triumph TR-7 (James Bond is green with envy), Porsche 914 (the original VW crossover!), and a Cadillac CTS (never trust a lawyer not in a Caddy). J…
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We kick this one off with a car crash, some NASCAR and project car updates. Andrew messes up a new game we have to play. Race car driver or CARs character. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com Join the Discord, message on the socials…
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Back again with some project car updates and Casual MotorSports Enjoyer discussions. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com Join the Discord, message on the socials for a link. Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug Adam takes us on a trip through time beginning with his first car, a 1987 Toyota Corolla FX-16. His days as a shade tree mechanic including performing mods on his 1996 Nissan Maxima so it can bang some gears with an automatic, and then moving onto his Infiniti Q50 which he tracked a few laps. Join us …
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug In our second episode, Melissa shares how her first car, a 1988 Chrysler LeBaron Turbo hatchback that was given to her by Papa (aka her grandfather) earned her street credit and the coolest nickname in high school. During her college years, she transitioned to an indestructible hunter green Jeep Chero…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug In episode 3 of "To All The Cars I've Loved Before," Tim Cokeley shares the stories of his first car, a 1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo which was driven by a little lady to church on Sundays. Tim tells us how he had the fortune to acquire his second car from his sister, a 1979 Plymouth Horizon TC3, which r…
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Click here to send a text to Christian and Doug Join us for the pilot episode of our new podcast, "To All The Cars I've Loved Before," while Devin Henderson takes us on a trip back to rural Illinois where he first learned to drive stick shift in the parking lot of the car dealer with his dad for the purchase of his 1998 Mazda 626. This car survived…
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We're back from going dark for a while. Andrew went back to Daytona and this episode is a bit NASCAR heavy. Brad fights the AZ DMV, and wins. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com Join the Discord, message on the socials for a link. K…
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We are finally back for 2024 after some hardware issues. We talk Daytona and A LOT of racing. We've also got some more rental car reviews and stay after the outro for 2 mins and 40 seconds of pure race car noise. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoof…
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OK lets kick off 2024 with some small project car talk. We're pumped for the Rolex 24 hour race. We discuss how the same amount of time has passed between 1980 and 1917 as 1980 to 2023, which is wrong, it's actually 1937 to 1980. Hey it was late and we're bad at math, I mean we do a podcast about old cars. However we had a great game of Craig Craig…
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Well this is the last episode of 2023 and we recap some project car updates and events while looking forward to doing more in 2024. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com Join the Discord, message on the socials for a link. Keep your c…
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We have not been payed by GM for Subliminal advertising, or have we? Absolutely zero Camry talk or not. But we do talk about some fun Celebrity car endorsements and Brad gives us some project car updates. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@g…
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We talk project car updates a forensic investigation of Brad's timing belt failure. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com Join the Discord, message on the socials for a link. Keep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses!…
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Not too much new car talk and we get into Forza and somehow on to Vizo TVs, but we play a fun game of Craig Craig don't tell me. Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform. Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com Join the Discord, message on the socials for a link. Keep your cars…
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