I was disappointed to learn the (electric) Kona service interval is 10,000 miles. I’ve had diesels and SUV’s with 15,000-18,000 miles service intervals, and they are much heavier on brakes, tyres and shocks than our ‘ickle Kona.
10,000 miles is 3-4 months use for us, which means 4 services a year. It’s not a huge headache but because services sometimes have to be planned up to a month in advance (no dealer these days can get you in today or tomorrow), and with our variability, if I book in advance and our plans change or illness strikes I can take the car for that planned service 2000 miles early or (much less likely, but happens) 1000 miles late.
When I make a booking because we do so may miles there is always a bit of a dance. Dealer often says Motability won’t let me book, say, a 30,000 mile service if there’s only 25,000 miles on it. Conversely, if I say it’s already got 30,000 then they’ve actually told me not to drive it until the service because it’ll go outside a +/- x000 mile service margin for keeping the warranty, it’s a pain, but mine to deal with. It’d be a much easier pain to deal with if the service interval was 15,000 or even 20,000 miles and I don’t see why it shouldn’t be if older, rougher, less sophisticated cars can get away with that