From someone who watches more than plays, I like it because it can really make a game interesting to watch. However I fully understand why it is frustrating to play against, having won and lost games to it as well. I realize "it tells a story" isn't a great argument, but hey.
I wouldn't change it, I would just like to see the vehicle immobilized. This way it isn't as easy to hop in and drive away. As others were saying in chat, it becomes like a minigame and an optional objective. Having it immobilized would punish over extension into base sectors while making it a pretty unattractive target in the middle of the battlefield.
Right now RNG is really all that separates this game from other RTT games out there, so I am against outright removing all RNG elements from the game.