Good luck  share here the footage of the car if you hunting them.

I have never saw one at Sri Petaling and Bukit Jalil. Tomorrow if possible I go to Sg besi.

looking at grb or gvb?

coming from a gdb owner, if daily a250, if weekend warrior then grb/gvb.

a250 are crazy quick with a tune. more than enough for red-light races.

maintenance question are moot. oil changes price wont differ by much. RANDOM stuff will break down RANDOMLY on both cars, there lies the gamble you take for buying recond/second hand. a250 might break its DCT or a crank sensor might die on your STI during your ownership. or the other way round.

get the 2.0 manual. higher rev limit iirc for 2.0, and manual can tahan more torque if u decide to mod.

oil change + filter around 500.
rotors + pads around 6k.
front o2 sensor 1k.
225/17 ad08r around 2.5k for a set of 4.

these are from the top of my head.

have the gdb for around 3 years, awesome fun! best parts are like during road block after passing the police ask u tekan mau dengar bunyi lol touge sessions too !