Prep center was at Port Hueneme and car arrived in Hawaii (Kona) at the end of March. Total time between ordering the car and delivery was about 3 months. I think it took about 2 weeks between arrival at Port Hueneme and delivery in Kona although I found it very difficult to actually track the car once production was finished in Germany. I'm not sure how the car was protected between California and Hawaii but the main thing is that the car arrived safe and sound and I am now enjoying driving it.