Andrew Collins

Los Angeles

Executive Editor at The Drive

Executive Editor, @thedrive.

Articles

KC Hilites Platform One Is a Sleek Roof Rack With Power Integration

3 days ago | thedrive.com | Andrew Collins

KC Hilites has been a big off-road brand for decades—you’ve probably seen its signature yellow smiley-face-guy “Daylighter” lamp covers at some point. These days, it’s better known for high-end LEDs. But next month, it’s launching a light-integrated roof rack system called “Platform One” with an aerodynamic design and some cool features. I’ve already been sniffing around a Lexus GX to be my next exploration rig, and this rack having a fitment option for that truck is nudging me just a little.
If You Need a Car Part That Doesn’t Exist, Talk to This Guy

4 days ago | thedrive.com | Andrew Collins

3D printing democratizes manufacturing in ways that have real, positive implications for car enthusiasts. Need a little trim piece that’s been discontinued since the ’80s? 3D printing lets you remake one and allows you to make it better with your own tweaks. And the opportunities for creativity are endless. A few months ago, I started a thread with Ben Bishop, who has a little operation making custom parts and recreating unobtainable items for people’s car projects.
This Dog Trainer Has an Incredible Fleet of Dog Vehicles

1 week ago | thedrive.com | Andrew Collins

Dogs are a big part of my family life. Only one lives in my house, but between my nearby in-laws, as many as nine canines are running around my yard on any given day. So when I stumbled on the WooFDriver YouTube channel, I was like, hell yeah. I’ve found my people. This guy has figured out how to exercise a pack of high-energy animals with delightful and wacky vehicles that they pull around roads and trails. I love it.
$16,500 Off Honda Prologue Makes It Even Cheaper to Lease Than HR-V

1 week ago | thedrive.com | Andrew Collins

A CarsDirect report calling out over $16,000 in discounts on the 2025 Honda Prologue EV caught our eye this morning. Under the right conditions, a Prologue can now be leased for even less money than an HR-V. Looks like you really can grab a great price on one of these; let’s run through the details to see how realistic these deals are.
When Cars Drive Themselves, What Will We Do With the Extra Time?

1 week ago | thedrive.com | Andrew Collins

The upshots of self-driving cars for consumers are obvious: safety and convenience. Benefits for corporations aren’t hard to figure out, either. Being able to study and influence travel behavior will be great for business, and hey, here’s a new captive audience for content and ads. So is every car trip going to become a brainrot binge?
12 LGBTQIA+-friendly beach destinations you might not know about

1 week ago | thepointsguy.com | Andrew Collins

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Vermont's Lt. Governor Is Trying to Seize a Public Road as His Own Private Driveway

2 weeks ago | thedrive.com | Andrew Collins

Vermont’s Lieutenant Governor John Rodgers is threatening his tiny hometown of Glover with legal action if the selectboard doesn’t concede a public dirt road to him personally. Rodgers Road, about two miles of gravel track in a bucolic corner of a largely rural state, apparently runs through his property. But it’s also been a public right-of-way for the lifetime of everyone involved.
The ‘Cassette Deck’ on Pioneer’s New Retro Head Unit Is Actually a USB Port

2 weeks ago | thedrive.com | Andrew Collins

The radical-dude ’80s and ’90s aesthetic has been celebrated so much that I’m finally a little sick of it. No hate to the Radwood diehards, but I think we’ve seen enough synthwave sunset imagery to last another generation. However, there is a staple of that era that also happens to be timeless: Straight-lined, simple, minimally digital button-based interfaces. Pioneer’s new SXT-C10PS head unit, for example, is so clean and classy that it looks like an OEM option in an old car.
Bluetti Apex 300: More Than Campsite Power, This Thing Can Run Your House

2 weeks ago | thedrive.com | Andrew Collins

The Bluetti Apex 300 power station and an accompanying B300K battery are huge and hefty. The two units together weigh over 100 pounds, far more than the little DC power supply I sometimes travel with to run my truck’s fridge. But this Bluetti setup can do much more than run a few camping accessories. It can provide shore power to a motor home, charge an EV, or even be the central nervous system for your true off-grid electricity setup.
Wheeling the Toyota Tacoma, 4Runner, and Land Cruiser in Moab: How They Compare

2 weeks ago | thedrive.com | Andrew Collins

The Toyota Land Cruiser, 4Runner, and Tacoma have been adventure-driving exemplars for decades, but the current gen of each is still fairly new. Ol’ reliable V8s and V6s have been dumped for turbo fours and hybrid systems; screens have replaced analog dials. But the off-road capability is still there, as we learned on a unique expedition wheeling all three trucks together on Moab’s famous slickrock. I’ve officially lost count of how many times I’ve been to Moab.