Above a certain income level-it’s really all about your relative level to your surroundings/Jonesses which counts for your feeling. A lambo is just an (uncomfortable) car, and rich friends aren’t really nicer than poor friends(zero correlation kindness and income level). And when you are earning a lot more than your friends, this inequality feeling is not nice.
Another approach would be to move to a cheaper neighborhood, but human nature to aim higher and higher prevents us
I agree with you on the joneses. It can be very spiritually damaging to one’s ego.
I feel pretty good when I sit in my Ferrari. The leather, the engine sound, the weird Italian engineering, and most importantly what the car means to me.