Well I guess I can see your point but I don't think the person that is going to put that one back together is going to buy NEW Mercedes parts to repair an 12 year old car with 180K miles.

One other question - do you really think the car was hit hard enough to justify fears about alignment issues? The hits were high on the body structure - well away from any mounting points for any suspension components. I'd be surprised if there were any real alignment issues with this one, of course its hard to tell by looking just at a couple of pictures on e-bay.

I'm more of a hack mechanic but I've done several collision repairs with cars that were in the same relative condition as the e-bay listing - I've never even checked the alignment after I was done pulling radiator supports or any B or C pillar sheet metal. All finshed cars tracked straight and true after the repairs.

Thanks - Tim