Thanks, Paul, I appreciate it.
On the way to work, I stopped at my "regular mechanic" and also at the local Porsche/Audi dealership. They told me basically the same thing as you did. Also that they couldn't test the coil pack OFF the car. Soooo, guess I'll pull the one for Cylinder 2, switch them, and have my mechanic reset the CEL. When it comes back on, I can see which cylinder it's for and know whether it's the coil pack or one of the other things they (and you) mentioned.
BTW, I know what you mean about picking their brains at no charge. However, I don't feel too bad in my case. With my regular mechanic, I've been going there with all my cars for going on 14 years now. Between us and our kids, we have several cars we take there for all kinds of servicing, so he does good business with our family. As far as the Porsche dealership, I do go there for repairs from time to time and, of course, they charge me an arm and a leg...so I don't feel too bad about occasional attempts at getting free advice there either
