Well, specifically for a 2009 Honda Civic hybrid. And it's too simple to really consider a hack, but here goes. When you pull up to a stoplight or stop sign, the car will usually shut off the gas engine and, also, the A/C. With 100+ degree heat here, you need the A/C, particularly for those LONG lights in rush hour traffic on the way home. Now the A/C "shutting off" in this Civic isn't as drastic as the A/C shutoff of the "original hybrid" Honda Insight models (as they've been described to me, where the blower/fan shuts off, too) from the early 2000's, the blower/fan is still running in my car when this happens, but the A/C stops cooling. And things get warm, and fast. I discovered that if you momentarily release the brake pedal almost to the point where the car is going to start rolling, but not quite, the gas engine kicks back on and you can reapply the brake pedal and sit at the light in comfortable coolness.
Take THAT, summer (and fuel efficiency)!
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