Originally Posted by PropellerHead

Waaaaay back in the day (2000) when I bought my 2000 540i6 from a far away land, I asked a friend to pick it up. He did, then drove it directly to a board member (from a different board) to remove the CDV. 14 years and I have never driven the car with a CDV.

Edit:

Goodness. That was 14 years ago. Yowza.