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These days I'd probably interpret it as "took a Lyft".

"Well, I had a flat" And flat could be interpreted as flatrate.

We've been inundated with British television and media (and even British-sounding actors in American productions!) to the point that the apartment interpretation was the only one I understood without reading further.

Yeah we, Brits, wouldn’t “take a lift” in a car either. We’d “get a lift” or “got a lift with so and so”.

If we were using a lift as in elevator we’d “get in a lift”.

Isn't lift a serviceable synonym for car jack or anything else that elevates a car?