Wouldn't an Allseason tire be better in Minnesota? The RE-10R is only rated for wear at 140 and it's a summer tire. So are you suggesting two sets of tires, one for winter and one set for summer?
Tirerack shows at least 4 other tires that have better wear factor and less cost than the RE-01's.
I will not put another set of Bridgestone's on my wife's IS250 RWD. The orginal factory set, Potenza's started cupping at about 20K miles and although they made it to 35K miles, I was not happy with their performance for the cost and longevity.
It really depends on you, because there are whole bunch of brand in the market, this is just suggestion, for my 2008 IS250 AWD, I live in Michigan
Summer - Potenza RE-01R
Winter - Blizzak LM-25
Because my friend work with Firestone, so he knows the most popular and good tires with Brigestone than I do. I got big discount also.
well good luck for searching and perhaps didn't give you that much options.