But... for about the last week i've had a problem with my car's idle. It starts just fine, no problems there, but when i get it started the car shakes a lot and idles pretty low. And i tried to drive while this was happening and the car has pretty much zero power and when i give it gas it's like i can hear the cylinders going "thunk, thunk, thunk, thunk". And the higher i rev the faster the thunking gets and the more violently the car shakes, but the car really doesn't feel like it wants to move any faster.
It only happens on cold starts, and i've figured out that when this happens i can pretty much get it to go away immediately by doing the following:
I start the car and it idles like hell and i get a blinking CEL that then stops blinking and stays on after about 5 blinks. Then i just give it gas, while in neutral, and rev up to about 3k rpm's and hold it for about 5 seconds, let it off and it's gone

I'm guessing this is multiple cylinder misfires or something? I don't have a VAG-COM so i can't figure out my code without going to schucks, and yes i know some of you will say "go to schucks", but i haven't had time as i've been dealing with the death of my cousin in colorado.
The other thing is that when i bought the car all four coil packs were new, so i don't understand why it would be the coil packs unless they are huge pieces of shit.
Any ideas to help guys?
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