you should trade cars and drive around with the A/C on Full blast! you would be living up to your name “Stinkypete” lol Just kidding. sounds to me like there could be a leak in the A/C system. Or a dead rat stuck in the A/C Vents. one of the two.
Extended range EVs / Plug-in hybrids FTW, as long as the battery (and drivetrain) lasts for 200K or more and the replacement (battery) isn’t too expensive down the road.
Seriously. Even a non-plugin 3rd gen Prius I think I can get twice the mileage that I can get out of my Civic (towards 60MPG if your smart with the pedals). Don’t know where I’d stick my train horns or train bell though. I’d wait to buy the Prius used at like for like $6K, guess I’d have to wait 10 years.
The third gen Prius looks sporty compared to the 2nd gen, and a bigger gas engine and good sized electric motor in it too.
2008 Toyota Yaris hatchback
Got 42 MPG one time. Mostly 35-40 depending on how I drive.