clutchplate

OP you're talking about the RS as a daily driver right? Yeah, no.

MaddMike

Nah, life is too short to drive normal cars every day. I mainly use my Spyder with full Kline exhaust and CF seats and a V4 Italian superbike that likes to overheat in traffic. You got to live on the edge.

Xxyion

I think the answer we really need from OP is what are his daily driving conditions like? How often do you go into areas which are less than ideal? How often are you stuck in traffic?

As someone who dailies their GT4 and a few years ago drove an S2000 as a daily driver. I personally think a normal 718 Spyder would be fine for a daily. The Spyder RS however is a bit of a different beast. I say this only because i think there's no back window(unconfirmed for me)? And that alone would make me not want to daily this car. If you live in the mid-west or in one of those areas where it's just wide open roads all the time and your downtown is just a quaint little town where everyone knows each other? Ok maybe the RS wouldn't be terrible. But if you're like me and traffic all day everyday and parking in areas with known car break-ins...then the lack of a rear window would give me pause.

That being said it seems like most of your concerns are related to comfort and i think most people have answered that on here. I personally dont have an issue with my bucket seats as i drive the car every day. I dont have any issue getting in or out...however i'm a very skinny guy and that works to my advantage. And as for soft top driving, my S2000 was honestly perfectly fine and that is a 20 year old car that at brand new costed half of what a new Porsche costs. You'll be fine insulation and noise wise.

My vote is Yes...but under specific circumstances.

muiz

I don’t have a spyder but I have a 718 GT4 that I daily. IMO as long as you have the 18 way seats it’s pretty comfortable and doable!

Le Petit Garage

You can definitely daily these cars, I take my GT4 thats lowered around Brooklyn for groceries at times and its fun.

sin911

I personally would not want to DD a Spyder for one major reason: the roof.

While the top is not a PITA in the regular Spyder, it is not a moments work and you need to lean over the rear fenders to put up the top, which has caused my clothes to get dusty/dirty multiple times. Would not want to show up to work with dirty clothes, would look unprofessional. Especially if you're going to get a SRS, it will be a pain to deal with the top driving to work. Imagine if you're running late to a meeting and you cannot leave the top down, what are you going to do? I don't like leaving the top down when I go to grab coffee/tea or buy groceries, just don't feel comfortable.

The car is comfortable enough to be a DD, the suspension is compliant but firm, the clutch and shifter are easy and do not require so much effort. Bluetooth connection makes life easy in terms of calls or music (though calls are not easy at highway speeds due to ambient noises emitted into the cabin through the uninsulated roof). The front lip makes approaching driveways complicated to say the least.

If you want to DD, a Cayman/Boxster GTS 4.0 would be a much better car to live with. But you already know that

shiftgear

if u have the means to get a RS then u can certainly get another car to serve as a daily

Adrift

If this is a first Porsche, and unless they are a power junkie, ANY boxster / cayman will be an amazing experience, IMO. The vanilla models make the C&D Top 10 EVERY SINGLE YEAR since forever for a reason.

There is always a better car, if you keep raising the acceptable cost ceiling. A spyder is an arbitrary point on that sliding scale.

At the core of it, this question to a broad audience with very few details on what is important to the OP is like asking folks what is their favorite color.

The most interesting thing here is how a new Porsche person is on "a list" for an SRS. (if that is a credible statement)

VVG

I have an Audi RS5 as my daily driver. Still plenty of fun (in a turbo kind of way), quite comfortable, and great utility. You can daily almost any car. Depends what you are willing to have to cope with and the environment in which you are driving. I would not have a Spyder as my only vehicle. It is a little too low, and the roof is a bit of a pain to have to put up and down too frequently as in the case of a daily driver. It is definitely a car that falls into the "special driving experience" category for me. The RS5, on the other hand, is a phenomenal daily driver, fast as hell, but falls short of a truly sublime driving experience.

sin911

The most sensible post on this thread!

GTSPYDER23

I daily my Spyder. Had similar concerns as you. I am 100% fine with it. I leave the top up more than I thought however since I daily it, as result, the top is never an issue. I actually enjoy taking the top up and down. Seriously. The car is completely comfortable. Only issue was learning how to deal with the front end. CA has some steep transitions between streets sometimes.

josephr25

I hated daily driving my GT4 especially since I'm in the gym two hours a day, 4-6 days a week, and leaving late at night

GTS_Garage

My daily driving usually consists of going into the office once or twice a week paired with kids soccer practice and the occasional errands. No issues with clearance and fortunately don’t have to worry about public lots (garage at home and garage at work). My winter daily is a Tesla so this would be a summer daily (and even then I would probably leave it in the garage on days it’s raining bad).

No concerns with putting the top up and down. I was a bit bummed when I saw the videos of the RS top (but that’s coming from someone who will drive the car when it’s wet out).

Biggest challenge going with the regular Spyder will be finding the spec with production done. Hoping for silver with the red Spyder interior. Buckets would be a plus but not required. Pdk is a must for this one. Obviously blank slate if I go the RS route.

GTS_Garage

How’s the interior noise level compared to the viper? I regularly get interior cabin levels of 95+ decibels at higher speeds on the highway.

GTS_Garage

Ha! Totally. But who wants a boring commute?