Craigslist Today's Nice Price or No Dice Tesla Model S makes a strong case for bang-for-your-buck performance and efficiency. Let's look at its features and price, and decide how we rule on the case. A popular phrase in the English lexicon is "Use it or lose it." It's a reference to the idea that a skill or physical ability will be lost over time if not regularly practiced. In contrast, there are some skills—like riding a bike—that many consider intrinsic and enduring, regardless of how often they are practiced. We could easily apply the "use it or lose it" maxim to the 1980 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am custom convertible we looked at last Friday. Per its ad, it spent only 8 years on the road before being squirreled away (likely with actual squirrels, based on the pictures) for nearly four decades. As a result, the Trans-Am had "lost it" in many ways and would require a full restoration. At $10,000, far too many of you felt that it would be better to leave the car lost and find another way to spend the cash. A massive 98% 'Nice Dice' loss was the inevitable result. I sing the body electric Craigslist According to AAA, the national average price for regular gasoline in the U.S. is currently $3.978 per gallon. That's a jump of over a dollar a gallon from a year ago, and the increase doesn't seem to be stopping there. One way to beat the gas price gouge is to get a plug-in electric car, which seems to be a popular option in Europe, at least. Here in the States, there are a slew of used Teslas on the market, and they range from weirdly cheap to egregiously expensive depending on the model year, condition, and equipment level. The cheapest ones, it seems, are being snapped up by YouTubers looking for easy content. There are still lots of cars out there, however, like this 2017 Tesla Model S 75D, for the rest of us to consider. Now, there are plenty of reasons not to buy a Tesla. Perhaps you don't like the company's CEO. Or maybe you're scared of this voodoo called electricity. But as the car builder has sold millions of cars and trucks globally, including topping the sales charts several years in a row, enough people can get past those issues and just enjoy the cars. Let's see if we can as well. Taking it to the streets