Should I use Pre Get Posts or WP_Query

Question

I have the following query which I call in my taxonomy.php template via query_brands_geo('dealers', 'publish', '1', $taxtype, $geo, $brands);

This function works perfectly. However after reading codex for query posts it mentioned pre_get_posts as a preferred way to alter the default query. Would the pre_get_posts be more efficient then my wp_query function below?

If so how would I construct the pre_get_posts and pass my variable and query below?

function my_custom_query($posttype, $poststatus, $paidvalue, $taxtype, $geo, $brands) {
   global $wp_query; 
   $wp_query = new WP_Query();
   $args = array( 
      'post_type' => $posttype, 
      'post_status' => array($poststatus), 
      'orderby' => 'rand', 
      'posts_per_page' => 30, 
      'meta_query' => array( 
         array( 
            'key' => 'wpcf-paid', 
            'value' => array($paidvalue), 
            'compare' => 'IN', 
            ) 
      ), 
      'tax_query' => array( 
         'relation' => 'AND', 
         array( 
            'taxonomy' => $taxtype, 
            'field' => 'slug', 
            'terms' => $geo 
         ), 
         array( 
            'taxonomy' => 'brands', 
            'field' => 'slug', 
            'terms' => $brands 
         ) 
      ) 
   ); 

   return $wp_query->query($args); 
}