I just got through the blizzard here in the DC area with my wife's 07 rx400. I had put new Michelin mxv4's on in the Fall and I can't say enough good things about them. Maybe these are the OE that everyone says are crap, I know this car came with Michelins, but this car has cruised through this blizzard with hardly a spin - well very few, anyway. I go around all the stalled and spinning out cars and trucks and just get there. I live over a fairly steep hill and boy, this car is so sure footed on the snow and ice and just performs better than I have experienced any 4 or all wheel drive. In the middle of the blizzard with a base of 2 inches on the road and 6 new inches of snow I drove right up the hill, down the other side steeply 30 feet or so and made the turn into my driveway without a slide and I could just imagine the car continuing down the hill sideways!
I would not hesitate to put these tires on again and recommend them to anyone. YMMV, but I have been mightily impressed by these tires. You can say what you want, but I have been driving it and these just work.
BTW, I'm well past 50, spent years of my youth as a professional driver- trucks, buses, cars and motorcycles, drove Ford broncos, dodge and Jimmy 4 wheelers and so I know what good (and bad) performance is. my 2 cents