never a problem in bf2, I always used to drive the tank to an empty spot, repair it and go back to the battle. another reason to do less thinking ingame and more pewpew.
meh.
Driving a tank to an empty spot is
thinking? wow.... just wow..... No dude... staying in constant battle having to dodge infantry with nasty RPGs, other tanks, time your health regenerator with the enemies movements, knowing when to do micro-fallbacks and when to assault, keeping the action-pressure constant... welcome to 2011-styled vehicle combat
retreating 300m back to an empty spot and walk out and drill the tank with the holy wrench of universal repair is, as you said,
BF2 and earlier game play.
This is BF3