[jeffcoslacker]

Unless you are wearing tires really crazy or driving sideways down the road or something, don't worry about the alignment stuff for now.

The fact that the rear struts are leaking doesn't neccessarily mean they are shot. It might be something that can wait. Do they still work OK?

As for the CV boot and joint, get a reman axle assembly, not very expensive, and have it installed or do it yourself (not real hard)

It's not uncommon for an older FWD car to have strut towers that have gotten hammered inward from metal fatigue. They may not be able to get a perfect alignment without bending or egging out mounting holes, but I bet they could get close enough. How much do they want to do that??

I'd look into having a body shop pull it back into shape if I was real worried about it. They can do it with a unibody rack, and their labor rate is lower than most mechanical shops.

All that's left is to see exactly what they meant by cracked mounts. Do they mean the upper part of the towers in the body are split? I've seen that happen on cars with real bad rust problems. That's probably the most serious problem if that's the case. A repair would involve removal of the struts on the topside, and cutting out the damaged metal and welding in some new plate to repair it. I hope that it isn't that bad. Did they show you what they were talking about?

Did you get the tires?

Does it drive OK?