Used to have an Audi S3 and did get rid of it partly due to a friend’s experience with their S1. She initially had it stolen from her forcibly by 2 people grabbing her when she got out of her car at home and stealing her handbag. It was recovered and then, both her S1 and her husbands Octavia VRS were nicked by someone breaking into the house. S1 recovered again but the Octavia last seen heading into the Mersey Tunnel and never recovered.
My wife was then nervous about driving it anywhere remotely dodgy. Given we live in a rural location it was the ideal car for country roads and I do miss it. However I don’t think I’d want it back if it had been nicked and thrashed either.