I am looking at a 07 with 8500 miles and am about to make an offer. The question is when I started the car

 

Sounds normal to me it will drop down after it warms a bit. But from a cold start thats normal.

 

Normal

 

Thanks, my GTI does not idle that high and I did not remember that my RSX Type S did either.

 

^^^ I used to own an RSX Type S and it idles to 2k when starting cold. For S2K it's normal.

 

Just to kinda clarify "why", the catalytic converters work better when they are hot. The car's ECU automatically idles high during a cold start to get the cat up to operating temp faster.
But like everyone's already said, this is perfectly normal.

 

^To add on, its actually the entire car. engine/engine oil all perform 'better' - wear characteristics not power.. when warm.

 

also make sure your up to temp before attempting to rev it to vtec

 

^^^ yup yup, same thing happens to my vibe

 

Ya if you let it idle for about a minute or so and give the throtle a shot it quickly drops down. Cold or warm outside all my cold starts idle around 2000 for a period of time and I have an '07