I hate the fact that he had me over a barrel, I had to leave the next morning on Saturday, and he wasn't open until Monday. I have an honest mechanic here locally, but I suspect it won't be cheap.

The compressor is working because it gets really cold, but I hear a horrible noise, like a fan hitting plastic, or maybe a bearing going out, when the car starts moving (AC clutch maybe??). I found over 65 mph the noise was minimal, and it seemed to be operating fine. I don't know if it was just that the road noise drowned out the sound (don't think so--it was too loud), or if for some reason it kind of realigned at higher speeds.

The rear blower thing is just weird though. That doesn't make sense.