My wife and I will be purchasing one of these two cars likely within the week. This car will primarily be my wife's car. We live in upstate NY where we average 120 inches of snow per season, but also see all 4 seasons worth of weather. We have test driven both cars and we both like both cars about the same. We were looking for some opinions and information on these questions:

(1) If both the 2005 Civic EX AT and the 2005 HCH CVT AT-PZEV are driven exactly the same way, what do you think the difference would be in MPG overall? Her commute to work is roughly 15 miles one way with 5 miles at 40-45 miles per hour, 6 miles at 65-70 MPH, and 4 miles at 30 MPH. We would also likely take this car on 600 roundtrip highway miles 4 times a year. This would likely mean she would average roughly 12,000-15,000 miles per year.

(2) How much $$$ saved would that mean for gas? Does anyone have a good link to figure that out?

(3) Cost differential for normal maintenance (wear and tear, oil changes, brake work, etc). We are not "car handy" so we take our vehicles for services at dealers usually. Obviously, they are both Civics, but with the IMA system and different ICEs is there a $$$ difference in cost between the two for maintaining the car?

(4) We plan to keep this car for 8-10+ years. Will both of these cars hold the value roughly the same? Or, since Hybrid technology will be different in 8-10+ years, the HCH will actually lose a much larger $$$ value at that time.

Anything else anyone wants to add would be great. Thanks in advance for your time and information.