doing some research as I am in the market for a used 8 in the coming months. What is the best dealer in NOVA thats no further east than Tysons or I guess I should just say west of the beltway.

 

I bought at Rosenthal Mazda/Nissan on Route 7 (Tyson's).
High pressure sales, but if you can deal with that, you're ok. I heard some salesmen talking, and was happy I wasn't dealing with them - Ben was fine, nice guy.
Heard some bad reviews about service there, but have had not problems with them so far. They were very good when I went in for my first free oil change (24 months free with the purchase). Don't know what they've got on the lot right now, though.

And I ended up with a fine car ('06 CR Shinka), previously owned by another member of this site. Well taken care of.

 

I was mainly looking at service. I am not looking at new 8s so I will probably end up getting one from a non mazda dealer but I still need to have it looked/fixed in the future.

I doubt they have any 05/06s sitting on their lot