Summary: No-Start problem strangley resolved after having the car towed

to the mechanic?!?

So I get home from the Thanksgiving break and I decide to move my car
out of the garage and pull my wife's in...and it won't start. The
engine turns over but the car won't start. I try the following:

1 - To jump start it...nothing happens. I take the battery in to have
it tested...some of the juice has been sucked try from my attempts to
start it. The battery gets charged up and Autozone tells me the battery

is good.

2 - I test all the spark plugs. The guy at Autozone sold me a nifty
little tool for doing this...I even turned out the lights in the garage

so I clearly see the spark jump. All 4 spark plugs were getting fire.

3 - I could hear the fuel injector starting after I turned on the key,
so I didn't there was a fuel problem (and BTW, I had a 1/2 tank of
gas). Just make sure I sprayed some eather into the engine's intake to
see if I could get the car to crank momentarily...no luck.

Finally I decided to have it towed to my mechanic...once they got it,
they reconnected the main vacuum hose to the engine and tried to start
it so they could see what I was talking about. The car started
instantly. They started it a couple of more times today to make sure it

wasn't some fluke.

The mechanic thinks the engine could have been flooded, but beyond that

he's scratching his head. I now have no confindence that my car will
start. I'd like to hold on to this car for another year of so. Anyone
have any idea what I should be looking for to possibly breakdown? TIA.