Oh yes, the a/c might be manual on the Trophy, but it's the value. I usually just pop the windows down, but that's not a plan over about 60, so the last few weekends the little button on the left has been lowering my mpg, but the trade off is certainly worth it.
Is climate control really worth the extra weight/fuel consumption/stuff to go wrong? The manual version makes the air dry and cool, which seems to be the point....